New Delhi:
A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck Jammu and Kashmir early on Saturday, said the US Geological Survey (USGS). The tremors were felt as far as national capital Delhi.
According to the USGS, the epicentre of the earthquake was 43 km north of Ladakh's capital, Leh.
On Twitter, people described this as a scarier feeling. "Another earthquake in Delhi. Heard but not felt. Scarier this way. Not a good feeling," tweeted Shivam Vij.
This comes days after four quakes in three hours brought people in south Delhi rushing out of their homes in the dead of the night earlier this week.
The quakes struck between 12:41 and 03:41 am at regular intervals; the first at 12:41 am had its epicentre near Sainik Farms area in south Delhi and happened at a depth of 10 km below the ground, the MeT office said. It measured 3.1 on the Richter scale.
The second quake, 3.3 in intensity, shook Delhi and its satellite towns at 1:41 am. The epicentre of this quake and two others that followed lay further south - south-east of Manesar beyond Gurgaon in Haryana. The next two quakes, at 1:55 and 3:40 am were of 2.5 and 2.8 magnitude respectively.
Experts described the quakes as mild tremors caused by a re-alignment in fault zones.
They say such quakes test the preparedness of people and buildings in the national capital, which lies close to a faultline and so is susceptible to a big earthquake.