New Delhi: People from Northern India, including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar rushed out of their homes in panic late Friday as strong tremors were felt across the region after an earthquake of 6.4 magnitude hit Nepal.
Residents of high-rise societies came out to the roads as the strong tremors lasted for over a minute.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 hit Nepal on Friday night with strong tremors felt in northern India, including the Delhi-NCR region, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
As per the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the earthquake occurred at 11:32 pm at a depth of 10 km.
It added that the epicentre of the earthquake was at the Lamidanda area in Nepal’s Jajarkot district.
“I was lying on the bed and the bed started shaking. I called my sister who was sleeping next to me…when we went to the balcony, there was a lot of noise coming from outside…” said Arti, a resident of Delhi.
“It took some time to realise what was happening…” a resident of Delhi said.
The earthquake on Friday was the latest in a series of earthquakes whose tremors were felt in the Delhi-NCR area.
As per initial reports, the tremors were felt in Bihar’s Patna, Katihar, Motihari and a few other districts along the Indo-Nepal border.
ANI