Delhi and the surrounding region felt tremors on Wednesday following a 5.8 magnitude earthquake that occurred in Pakistan at 12:58 pm, according to the National Center for Seismology.
The epicentre of the earthquake was located 415 kilometres west of Amritsar in Punjab.
The earthquake also affected parts of Pakistan, including the capital Islamabad.
The tremors affected several areas in the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, as well as the federal capital.
The Pakistan Meteorological Department reported that the earthquake occurred at 12:28 p.m. Pakistan Standard Time (PST) and registered a magnitude of 5.7 on the Richter scale.
According to Geo News, citing the Met Department, the epicentre was near the Dera Ghazi Khan region in the southwestern part of the Punjab province, at a depth of 10 kilometres.
The United States Geological Survey reported the quake as a magnitude 5.4 event that affected India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, India's National Center for Seismology said the earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck Pakistan at 12:58 pm. In 2005, a magnitude 7.6 quake killed thousands of people in Pakistan and Kashmir.
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