Delhi Earthquake: People Rush Out Of Houses As Tremors Last Many Seconds
The tremors lasted at least 30 seconds with reports pinning the epicentre in the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan.
A massive 6.5 magnitude earthquake which was felt across north India and neighbnouring Pakistan on Tuesday evening sent residents of several Indian cities including Delhi rushing out of their homes.
The tremors lasted at least 30 seconds with reports pinning the epicentre in the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan. The epicenter was 40 kilometers south-southeast of the Afghan town of Jurm, near the borders with Pakistan and Tajikistan.
People across Delhi and Noida rushed out of their homes at around 10 pm onto the street, with some carrying their children wrapped in blankets. Ghaziabad residents were also seen on the streets.
Twitter users shared videos of ceiling fans and light fixtures shaking during the massive quake. Eye-witnesses have also claimed to have felt the earthquake in states such as Kashmir and Jaipur.
Strong tremors were felt across the capital and people waited out the quake on the streets. A student of Delhi University shared a video on Twitter showing many students outside their hostels in North Campus.
A Twitter user from Gurugram said that she ran down “11 flights of stairs” as the building shook. In the video that the user shared, several people can be seen in a park below a high-rise apartment.
Local media in Pakistan also reported shocks in Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar. The National Centre for Seismology also reported a shallow 4.4 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan earlier today.
