Earthquake tremors have been felt in the capital city of India, New Delhi along with many other cities of India. The earthquake lasted around 2 mins and have been felt in neighbour country Pakistan also. Possibility has been predicted of having the quake in any Northern India or Pakistan’s city as the epic centre. Earthquake seems to be of 5-8 on the rector scale.
The Reporter Times Exclusive: Massive earthquake jolts Kashmir Valley
Update 1: Aftershocks have been observed in Pakistan. Small aftershocks in New Delhi. Reports from Kashmir are not well possible chances of the destruction of life and infrastructure.
Update 2: Magnitude 6.2 quake hits northern Afghanistan: USGS Reuters. ( the Third quake since October in Afghanistan felt in many cities of India)
Update 3: Pakistani Media reported it as an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9. Although no reports of destruction from Pakistan
Update 4: Tremors felt in Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan. Hindu Kush Region of Afghanistan is said to be the epic centre of the earthquake. This region is highly vulnerable for the earthquakes. 283 KM from Kabul
Update 5: No reports of casualties reported till now: Pakistani Media. Indian Media also claimed that there are no casualties in major cities yet. People ran out of homes in Srinagar and several other parts of Kashmir valley no information of damages yet according to Indian News Portal Great Kashmir
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Earthquake felt in Amritsar. Lasted more than one minute. No structural damage to buildings observed at this early stage. Day light may reveal more but do not expect there to be observable damage within city.
More details are awaited.