An earthquake rattled parts of North India and Pakistan on Tuesday. 22 died and more than 300 injured after an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale hit Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir’s Mirpur on Tuesday at 04:31 pm. The epicentre of the earthquake was 140 kilometres from Srinagar at the depth of 10 kilometres, located near the New Mirpur city in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the United States Geological Survey reported.
Some houses collapsed in Mirpur following the earthquake, Deputy Commissioner Raja Qaiser said. Parts of a mosque also collapsed in the area. Emergency has been declared in hospitals. TV channels showed the footage of heavily damaged roads in Mirpur, with many vehicles overturned. Several cars fell into the deep cracks on the roads. The building of the state-run Broadcasting House in Mirpur was badly damaged.
Reports of tremors are coming from New Delhi, Chandigarh, Kashmir as well as several towns in Pakistan, including including Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Taxila, Wah Cantt, Sialkot, Sargodha, Jhang, Khoshab, Raiwind, Attock, Gojar Khan, Gujrat and others areas were also affected.
Tremors felt in North India.
The 6.3 magnitude earthquake with its epicentre near Indo-Pak border shook northern states, including the Delhi-NCR region, on Tuesday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said. There was no immediate report of any loss of life or property due to the quake which occurred at 4.33 pm along the Jammu and Kashmir region, officials said.
People rushed out of their homes and offices in panic in several parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. Tremors were also felt in Shimla, Mandi, Kangra, Una and other parts of Himachal Pradesh.