Kochi: New Delhi and parts of the National Capital Region (NCR) experienced tremors with the epicenter in Haryana’s Jhajjar district, media reports said.
The magnitude of the quake was around 4.4 on the Richter scale.
People ran out of their homes after the quake struck at 9.04 am.
The tremors were also felt in office areas in Noida, Gurugram, Rohtak, Dadri and Bahadurgarh.
Tremors were also felt as far as Meerut and Shamli in western Uttar Pradesh, about 200 km from Jhajjar.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) put out an advisory.
The collision between the Indian tectonic plate with the Eurasian plate is said to have triggered the quake.
Delhi is located in Seismic Zone 4, which has a higher risk of earthquakes. The national capital is located near several active fault lines, including Delhi-Haridwar Ridge, the Sohna Fault, the Delhi-Moradabad Fault, and the Mahendragarh-Dehradun Fault.
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