Earthquake tremors felt in Delhi-NCR, parts of North India — ‘tremors lasted for a few seconds’

Earthquake tremors were felt in Delhi and parts of North India around 9:50 pm on Friday. Many claimed on social media that “earthquake tremors [were] felt in Delhi-NCR and Jammu Kashmir."

"Weatherman Navdeep Dahiya" posted on X that the earthquake was of magnitude 5.9 and the epicentre was the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border. However, an official confirmation on the details are awaited.

Meanwhile, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) confirmed the seismic data, stating that 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit Fayzabad in Afghanistan at 20:42:57 local time — 21:42:57 IST.

An official in Jammu and Kashmir also said the quake was of 5.9 magnitude. The epicentre of the quake was Afghanistan at a Latitude of 36.398 degrees North and a Longitude of 70.878 degrees East, the official said. The depth of the quake was 150 km, he added.

However, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) recorded the magnitude of the earthquake at 5.8.

Some also reported tremors in Punjab. "I felt a strong jolt which lasted for a few seconds," Baldev Chand, a Chandigarh resident who lives in a flat on the second floor, told PTI.

Ajay Kumar, who lives on the 11th floor of a residential society in Zirakpur, Punjab, said, “The tremors lasted for a few seconds. We thought of rushing down but the tremors stopped soon.”

Speaking to ANI about the tremors, a local said, "The earthquake occurred 15 minutes ago. I was cooking when I felt it... I live on the fifth floor, and while I was coming down, the earthquake had stopped by then..."

Another person told the news wire that she felt the bed shaking when the earthquake struck in the national capital.

"When the earthquake struck, I was sitting in the room, and I felt the bed shaking, and when I looked up, the fan was shaking too. When I came out, I saw that the people around me were also scared," she added.

Earlier in the day, an earthquake of magnitude 3.8 hit Tibet, as per the National Center for Seismology.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 also struck Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said on Friday. The quake was at a depth of 177 km (110 miles), GFZ said.