The Delhi Police, on Monday, reacted to the early morning tremors across the national capital. In a post on X, the Delhi Police said, "We hope you all are safe, Delhi!." The Delhi Police added that in case of an emergency, people can reach out to them by dialling 112.
At around 5:37 am, the tremors were felt across northern India, including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh among others. The National Center for Seismology further said that an earthquake of 4.0 magnitude rocked parts of Delhi-NCR.
The earthquake, with its epicentre in New Delhi, struck at a depth of five kilometres at 5:36 am, it said in a post on X. The epicentre of the quake was near Durgabai Deshmukh College of Special Education in Dhaula Kuan, an official said.
That region has a lake nearby and has been experiencing smaller, low-magnitude quakes once every two to three years. Earlier in 2015, it recorded an earthquake of 3.3 magnitude, he added. A loud sound was also heard when the earthquake hit, the official added.
The strong tremors triggered by the earthquake prompted residents of several high-rise buildings in Delhi, Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad to rush out of their homes.
Expressing her experience, a woman in her 50s who was out on a morning walk in E Block of Noida Sector 20 said, "Hum log bahar park me walk kar rahe the toh pata nahin chala. Lekin kafi tej tha. Log bahar aa gaye." (We were walking in the park, so we didn't feel it strongly. But it was quite strong. People came rushing out).
(With PTI Inputs)