5.9 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Afghanistan, Tremors Felt In J&K, Delhi

Feb 05, 2022, 10:16 IST

Earthquake tremors measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale were felt in Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, and nearby cities on Saturday morning. Some residents of Noida, Uttar Pradesh took to their Twitter and shared some videos and said that the ground shook for at least 20 seconds.

Strong tremors felt in Kashmir. #earthquake pic.twitter.com/YSadXUw9sQ

— Ieshan Wani (@Ieshan_W) February 5, 2022

The National Centre for Seismology tweeted the earthquake of magnitude 5.7 occurred at 9:45 am at the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region. The depth of the earthquake was 181 km, it said. Here is the tweet made by National Center for Seismology.

Earthquake of Magnitude:5.7, Occurred on 05-02-2022, 09:45:59 IST, Lat: 36.340 & Long: 71.05, Depth: 181 Km ,Location: Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Region, for more information download the BhooKamp App https://t.co/5E23iK2nl2 pic.twitter.com/qQ0w5WSPJr

— National Center for Seismology (@NCS_Earthquake) February 5, 2022