New Delhi, September 08: An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter Scale shook the Indian capital for 5-6 seconds at 11.30 p.m. Wednesday, the Met department said. There were no immediate report of casualties or damage to property.
According to initial reports, the quake was also felt in Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand.
In the capital, people, many of whom had retired for the night, ran out of their homes in fright when their furniture started rattling alarmingly and cupboards and fans started swaying.
“A lot of panic here… my network is gone. People came out of their homes. Children started crying and everyone was on the roads,” said an correspondent who lives in a women’s hostel in south Delhi.
Throughout the city, people called up relatives and friends, and asked after their well-being.
“At first I heard a muffled sound – like a subdued explosion in a tin – and then felt the quake for about 10 seconds,” said Gurgaon resident Gulshan Luthra.
“All the furniture in my house started shaking just as we finished dinner,” said Vinod Kapoor, a resident of east Delhi.
The quake had residents in Faridabad running out of their homes too.
—Agencies