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Tremors from the earthquake were felt in several sections of the Delhi NCR, Jammu & Kashmir, and on the borders with Afghanistan and Pakistan. On the Richter scale, the earthquake is estimated to have registered a magnitude of 5.8 based on the first assessments that have been made.
It is believed that the earthquake’s epicentre is about 418 kilometres to the northwest of the Gulmarg district in Jammu and Kashmir.
According to the GFZ, the earthquake occurred 189 km below the surface.
Some people on social media expressed their belief that the earthquake’s aftershocks might be felt in New Delhi and other cities in northern India, as well as areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
An intense shaking was reported in Kabul, which is the capital of Afghanistan. The earthquake was also felt in Islamabad, as well as sections of northern Pakistan and New Delhi, according to witnesses who spoke to Reuters from each site.
Up until this point, there has been no word of any injuries or property damage.
According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), an earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale struck the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) in the early morning hours of Sunday.
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Earlier on November 12, tremors from an earthquake could be felt across the Delhi-National Capital Region. The National Centre for Seismology (NCS) reports that the earthquake that struck Nepal on November 12 at 7:57 p.m. local time had a Richter scale value of 5.4. According to the NCS, the depth of the earthquake was 10 km below the ground.
