Quake of 6.1 magnitude jolts north India

A high intensity earthquake hit Tajikistan on Friday night, tremors of which were felt in Delhi NCR and several other parts of north India.The seismology department at first erroneously gave the epicentre as Amritsar and put the quake's depth at 19 km. It later sent a revised statement to confirm the quake was in Tajikistan. It ascribed the error to a software mistake. According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the magnitude of the quake was 6.3. The tremors created panic among people who rushed out of their homes. However, there were no immediate reports of any loss of life or damage to property."The epicentre of the earthquake was Tajikistan," J L Gautam, Operations Head of the NCS said.
The NCS had also said there were two quakes - the Tajikistan one occurred at 10.31 PM while the Amritsar quake happened at 10.34 PM."There was only one quake," Gautam said later.The Himalayan and the Hindukush mountain ranges are prone to quakes and many a time its tremors can be felt across the Indo-Gangetic belt.According to the Delhi fire department, no calls were immediately received for help.Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra also tweeted about the tremors and prayed for well being of all. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was virtually interacting with students of University of Chicago, was heard saying, his entire room was "shaking".



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