6.3 EARTHQUAKE IN TAJIKISTAN SHAKES CAPITAL

NEW DELHI: An earthquake of 6.3 magnitude was felt across northwest India, including Delhi, shortly after 10.31pm on Friday. The epicentre was reported to be in Tajikistan, at a depth of 74km.

“The epicentre is in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region where the Indo Australian plate is colliding with the Eurasian plate. It’s seismically highly active. The tremors have been felt across Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Delhi NCR [National Capital Region]. However, we haven’t received any reports of damage yet,” said JL Gautam, head, (operations) at National Centre for Seismology (NCS).