Earthquake strikes Delhi-NCR, Twitterati say ‘it was intense’

New Delhi: A 4.0 magnitude earthquake had hit Delhi and parts of NCR on Wednesday. Tremors were felt in other parts of north India too at around 8 am. 

The earthquake had its epicenter at 44 kms southwest of Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, according to European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). 

Felt #earthquake (#भूकंप) M4.0 strikes 44 km SW of #Muzaffarnagar (#India) 33 min ago. Please report to: https://t.co/fi4ZNuJgtj pic.twitter.com/c1vwUw2EDj

— EMSC (@LastQuake) February 20, 2019

Another earthquake struck Tajikistan at around 7:05 am. The epicenter was in Kofarnihon at a depth of 10kms, reported the United States Geological Survey (USGS). 

Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan also experienced the jolt. 

Several people took to Twitter after feeling the mild tremors. 

No loss of life or damage to property has been reported yet.

Woke up to an #Earthquake in Delhi. It was pretty intense!

— Saumya Bansal (@saumyabansal5) February 20, 2019

#earthquake
At 7:59 am in delhi
Usually I don't feel it
But today I guess tremors were quite strong

— वेदिता मलिक (@malik_vedita) February 20, 2019

#Earthquake rocks India 8 am sharp,all North India effected, epicenter in uttrakhand again,6.8 intensity for 22 seconds.Lot tremors.

— Jagjit (@COMMANMANOFUPA) February 20, 2019

Felt the most strongest earthquake in my life in Panipat, Harayana. My bed was vibrating for a couple of minute.#Earthquake

— Manan Miglani (@manan_miglani) February 20, 2019

On February 8, an earthquake measuring a magnitude of 3.9 struck Haryana. According to reports, the epicentre of the quake was Mahendragarh district in Haryana. There weren’t any reports of casualties.