This Article is From Sep 24, 2019

Earthquake Highlights: 20 Killed After 6.3-Earthquake Near Lahore, Tremors In Delhi, North India

Earthquake Today: Some parts of north India, including Kashmir, Punjab's Chandigarh and Uttarakhand's Dehradun also experienced the tremors.

Earthquake Highlights: 20 Killed After 6.3-Earthquake Near Lahore, Tremors In Delhi, North India

Earthquake in India: Tremors were felt in Delhi and its surrounding areas today. (Representational)

New Delhi:

At least 20 people were killed and more than 300 others injured in Pakistan today after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit north-west of Lahore earlier in the afternoon. The tremors were felt at 4:33 pm in Delhi, many claimed. The tremors lasted only for a few seconds. Some parts of north India, including Kashmir, Punjab's Chandigarh and Uttarakhand's Dehradun also experienced the tremors. So far, there have been no reports of any loss to life or property due to the earthquake.

Here are the highlights of the earthquake today and the tremors felt in Delhi-NCR:

Sep 24, 2019 21:56 (IST)
Pakistan's major water reservoir Mangla Dam located near Mirpur remained safe, the officials said. Mangla dam power house has been closed, cutting off 900 MW power supply to the national grid, they said.
Sep 24, 2019 21:18 (IST)
Roads, mobile phone towers, and electricity poles in the area were badly damaged in Mirpur
Sep 24, 2019 20:41 (IST)
"People here felt the tremors of an earthquake. The epicentre of the earthquake was Pakistan-India border, Jammu and Kashmir region. The magnitude of the quake was 6.3 on the Richter scale. Due to high magnitude, tremors were felt in parts of Himachal Pradesh too," Manmohan Singh, Director of IMD, Shimla told news agency ANI
Sep 24, 2019 20:10 (IST)

"At least 19 people have been killed and more than 300 wounded," said Sardar Gulfaraz, deputy inspector general of police in Mirpur -- a city in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir near the epicentre of the quake -- in televised comments.

In Pakistan several cities including Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Skardu, Kohat, Charsadda, Kasur, Faisalabad, Gujrat, Sialkot, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Chitral, Malakand, Multan, Shangla, Okara, Nowshera, Attock and Jhang felt the tremor.

Sep 24, 2019 19:25 (IST)
Tremors were also felt in Shimla, Mandi, Kangra, Una and other parts of Himachal Pradesh
Sep 24, 2019 18:58 (IST)
People come out of the Ambadeep Building at Connaught Place during a tremor in New Delhi.
Sep 24, 2019 18:17 (IST)
Photos of damages due to earthquake from Mirpur:
Sep 24, 2019 18:11 (IST)
"No damages have been reported so far. We are ascertaining details from the ground-level": Kashmir Zone Police
Sep 24, 2019 17:50 (IST)
TV channels showed footage of heavily damaged roads in Mirpur in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, with many vehicles overturned.
Sep 24, 2019 17:44 (IST)
Pakistan Meteorological Department's earthquake centre said the 5.8-magnitude earthquake was located near the mountainous city of Jhelum in Punjab province. Its depth was at 10 kilometres. However, Minister for Science Fawad Chaudhry said that the intensity of the earthquake was 7.1.
Sep 24, 2019 17:43 (IST)
JL Gautam added: "The epicentre was near the India-Pakistan border. The closest big city to the epicentre is Rawalpindi (in Pakistan's Punjab province)."
Sep 24, 2019 17:39 (IST)
"The epicentre of the earthquake was around Pakistan-India (J&K) border. It measured 6.3 on the Richter Scale. We felt it in Delhi too. Tremors were felt in Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir too": J L Gautam, Director operations, National Centre for Seismology
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