Earthquake tremors felt in Delhi, NCR, other parts of North India

Earthquake tremors were felt in were felt in parts of Delhi and national capital region (NCR) on Saturday.

According to the National Center for Seismology, the earthquake was of magnitude 5.4 on richter scale. It also showed that source of the earthquake was 10 km below the ground in Nepal, at around 7:57 pm today.

This caused many people to quickly leave their homes and places of business. According to media reports, the earthquake lasted for almost 5 seconds.

Many users took to the microblogging site Twitter and said they felt tremors around 7:57 pm today. There was no immediate report of any damage.

This is the second time that earthquake tremors were felt in the national capital.

Earlier this week, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake occurred early morning on Wednesday in Nepal, around 90 km east-southeast of Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh. The earthquake hit Nepal at 01: 57 am and its depth was nearly 10 kilometres. The tremors were felt in Delhi, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and Lucknow.