PremiumEarthquake LIVE: Quake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale hit Central and South Asia. The epicentre is believed to be 90 km from Kalafgan in Afghanistan.
Strong earthquake tremors felt in Delhi NCR. The quake measuring 7.7 on richter scale strike Pakistan & parts of India. The epicenter is believed to be 90 km from Fayzabad in Afghanistan.
A strong earthquake lasting for at least 30 seconds was felt across much of Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of India Tuesday night, with the meteorology department pegging it to be 6.6 on richter scale.
"People ran out of their houses and were reciting the Koran," an AFP correspondent in Pakistani city of Rawalpindi said, with similar reports coming from elsewhere in the country and in Afghanistan.
More than 1,000 people were killed and tens of thousands made homeless after a 5.9-magnitude quake -- the deadliest in Afghanistan in nearly a quarter of a century -- struck the impoverished province of Paktika on June 22 last year.
Mahesh Palawat, Vice president Meteorology And climate tweeted, “It wa a strong #earthquake. Worse is over now. Aftershocks are usually milder. Of moderate intensity. Can damage old buildings in the vicinity which are damaged by main event. May not be felt in #India. no worries. #AfghanistanEarthquake #earthquake"
Mahesh Palawat, Vice president Meteorology And climate Change says no damage expected in India as it's the joint of Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates lies in zone 5
According to reports, the earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale hit countries including Turkmenistan, India, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, China, Afghanistan, and Kyrgyzstan. The epicenter is believed to be 90 km from Kalafgan in Afghanistan.
People rush out of their houses in Vasundhara, Ghaziabad as strong earthquake tremors felt in several parts of north India.
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