Tremors were felt in several parts of North India as a medium-intensity earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter Scale hit Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district on Wednesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. According to the IMD's National Seismological Centre, the quake occurred at 8:49 pm.
There were no reports of loss of property or life.
Uttarakhand, a part of the Himalayan region, falls under a high seismic zone.
The tremors were felt in Delhi and NCR at around 8.45 pm on Wednesday and lasted for a few seconds.
"The epicentre is in Uttarakhand, the tremors felt in Delhi and NCR are the impulses," an