At least 20 people were killed and more than 300 others injured in Pakistan today after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit north-west of Lahore earlier in the afternoon. The tremors were felt at 4:33 pm in Delhi, many claimed. The tremors lasted only for a few seconds. Some parts of north India, including Kashmir, Punjab's Chandigarh and Uttarakhand's Dehradun also experienced the tremors. So far, there have been no reports of any loss to life or property due to the earthquake.
Here are the highlights of the earthquake today and the tremors felt in Delhi-NCR:
"At least 19 people have been killed and more than 300 wounded," said Sardar Gulfaraz, deputy inspector general of police in Mirpur -- a city in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir near the epicentre of the quake -- in televised comments.
In Pakistan several cities including Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Skardu, Kohat, Charsadda, Kasur, Faisalabad, Gujrat, Sialkot, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Chitral, Malakand, Multan, Shangla, Okara, Nowshera, Attock and Jhang felt the tremor.
