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Quake
hits Afghanistan, tremors felt in north India
Saturday, September 18, 2010 01:01:28 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale hit the Hindu
Kush region in Afganistan early Saturday and tremors were felt in
several parts of north India, including Chandigarh, Delhi,
Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, officials said.
"Earthquake tremors were felt at 12.51 a.m. They lasted for 55 to
59 seconds. The quake was of moderate intensity," an official of
the meteorological department in Chandigarh told IANS.
"Mild tremors were felt in several parts of north India due to its
proximity to Afghanistan," Shimla meteorological office director
Manmohan Singh said.
The intensity of tremors was more in Jammu and Kashmir, compared
to other areas, due to its proximity to Afghanistan.
However, no loss of life or damage to property was reported from
any part of north India.
The quake was also felt in Pakistan's Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar
and other cities in the northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab
provinces, said Pakistan's meteorology office.
The temblor occurred in Afghanistan at a depth of 199.7 km. Its
epicentre was 75 km south-southeast of Faizabad in Afghanistan and
115 km northwest of Chitral in Pakistan, the US Geological Survey
(USGS) said.
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