<p>A high-intensity earthquake hit Tajikistan on Friday night, tremors of which were felt in Delhi NCR and several other parts of north India.</p>.<p>The seismology department at first erroneously gave the epicentre as Amritsar and put the quake's depth at 19 km. It later sent a revised statement to confirm the quake was in Tajikistan. It ascribed the error to a software mistake.</p>.<p>According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the magnitude of the quake was 6.3.</p>.<p>The tremors created panic among people who rushed out of their homes. However, there were no immediate reports of any loss of life or damage to property.</p>.<p>Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was virtually interacting with students of the University of Chicago, was heard saying, his entire room was "shaking".</p>.<p>National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah said the tremors reminded the people of the 2005 quake in Jammu and Kashmir.</p>.<p>"Not since the earthquake of 2005 have the tremors in Srinagar been bad enough to force me out of the house. I grabbed a blanket & ran. I didn't remember to take my phone & so was unable to tweet “earthquake” while the damn ground was shaking," he tweeted.</p>.<p>"The epicentre of the earthquake is Tajikistan. Our preliminary findings said the epicentre was Amritsar. We have now revised the epicentre," J L Gautam, Operations Head of the NCS said.</p>.<p>According to M Rajeevan, Secretary in the Ministry of Earth Sciences, "The message was wrongly taken out by the system. It has been corrected."</p>.<p>The NCS had also said there were two quakes - the Tajikistan one occurred at 10.31 PM while the Amritsar quake happened at 10.34 PM.</p>.<p>"There was only one quake," Gautam said later.</p>.<p>The Himalayan and the Hindukush mountain ranges are prone to quakes and many a time its tremors can be felt across the Indo-Gangetic belt.</p>.<p>Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal prayed for the safety of people.</p>.<p>According to the Delhi fire department, no calls were immediately received for help.</p>.<p>Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra also tweeted about the tremors and prayed for well being of all. </p>.<p>In Chandigarh, Class 11 student Aditya, who was preparing for his school exams, said "I thought somebody was pushing my chair." </p>
<p>A high-intensity earthquake hit Tajikistan on Friday night, tremors of which were felt in Delhi NCR and several other parts of north India.</p>.<p>The seismology department at first erroneously gave the epicentre as Amritsar and put the quake's depth at 19 km. It later sent a revised statement to confirm the quake was in Tajikistan. It ascribed the error to a software mistake.</p>.<p>According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the magnitude of the quake was 6.3.</p>.<p>The tremors created panic among people who rushed out of their homes. However, there were no immediate reports of any loss of life or damage to property.</p>.<p>Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was virtually interacting with students of the University of Chicago, was heard saying, his entire room was "shaking".</p>.<p>National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah said the tremors reminded the people of the 2005 quake in Jammu and Kashmir.</p>.<p>"Not since the earthquake of 2005 have the tremors in Srinagar been bad enough to force me out of the house. I grabbed a blanket & ran. I didn't remember to take my phone & so was unable to tweet “earthquake” while the damn ground was shaking," he tweeted.</p>.<p>"The epicentre of the earthquake is Tajikistan. Our preliminary findings said the epicentre was Amritsar. We have now revised the epicentre," J L Gautam, Operations Head of the NCS said.</p>.<p>According to M Rajeevan, Secretary in the Ministry of Earth Sciences, "The message was wrongly taken out by the system. It has been corrected."</p>.<p>The NCS had also said there were two quakes - the Tajikistan one occurred at 10.31 PM while the Amritsar quake happened at 10.34 PM.</p>.<p>"There was only one quake," Gautam said later.</p>.<p>The Himalayan and the Hindukush mountain ranges are prone to quakes and many a time its tremors can be felt across the Indo-Gangetic belt.</p>.<p>Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal prayed for the safety of people.</p>.<p>According to the Delhi fire department, no calls were immediately received for help.</p>.<p>Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra also tweeted about the tremors and prayed for well being of all. </p>.<p>In Chandigarh, Class 11 student Aditya, who was preparing for his school exams, said "I thought somebody was pushing my chair." </p>