Tremors were felt in Jammu and Kashmir, Noida, and other areas after an earthquake was reported in Pakistan. The National Center of Seismology confirmed an earthquake of 5.7 magnitude in the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region. The quake occurred at 9.45 am IST at the depth of 181km.
According to the United States Geological Survey, the quake occurred 45km southwest of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan.
Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said that eyewitnesses reported jolts in Pakistan at 9:18 am local time. It was based on automatic crowdsourced detection and was not seismically verified.
“The shaking is often due to an earthquake -but occasionally it may have another cause, such as a sonic boom,” EMSC tweeted.
