6.3 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes North India

By Ravi Rathore 24-Sep-2019

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake with its epicenter in Pakistan shook several parts of North India, including Delhi-NCR region,on Tuesday the National Centre Seismology (NCS) said. 

The epicenter was near the India-Pakistan border. The closest big city to the epicenter is Rawalpindi (in Pakistan's Punjab province)," said J L Gautam, head of operations at the NCS.
Tremors of the earthquake were felt in Delhi-NCR, Chandigarh, Kashmir, parts of Himachal as well as several towns in Pakistan, including Islamabad, Lahore and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa range.
The quake struck 14 miles (23 km) north of Jhelum, Pakistan, at a relatively shallow depth of 10 km, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported.
The (most) damage is in areas between Jhelum and Mirpur," said the chief of Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority, Lieutenant General Mohammad Afzal. "So far we have reports of the death of a girl child and injuries to nearly 50 people.
There was no report of any loss of life or property due to the earthquake so far.