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7.7 magnitude Earthquake, tremors felt in Delhi-NCR region

High intensity Earthquake tremors felt in Delhi-NCR region. Magnitude of earthquake was reported to be 7.7 by the authorities.

Epicenter of the earthquake was in Afghanistan. Pakistan and India also felt high intensity earthquake waves.

on September 21. The tremors were felt in the neighbouring cities in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.

The magnitude of the quake, along with its epicentre, was yet to be known.

The earthquake tremors were also felt in neighboring Pakistan, where the magnitude was stated to be 7.7. The tremors were felt in the cities of Lahore and Islamabad, local media reports said.

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 ran out of their houses and were reciting the Koran,” an AFP correspondent in Rawalpindi said, with similar reports coming from the capital Islamabad, Lahore and elsewhere in Pakistan.

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