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Modi urged residents of Delhi-NCR to stay calm and follow safety precautions after strong earthquake tremors were felt in the early hours of the day

Earthquake hits Delhi, strong tremors triggered by the earthquake prompted residents of several high-rise buildings in Delhi, Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad to rush out

The tremors stuck at 5:36 am, in New Delhi

The earthquake measures 4.8 on the Richter scale and its epicenter was located at inside Myanmar

The quake hit at 12:17 am (local time) and was centered 38 kilometres southeast of Chiayi County Hall at a depth of 10 kilometres. There were scattered reports of minor to moderate damage around the cities of Chiayi and Tainan

Fire Department officials say six people, including a child, were rescued from a collapsed house in Nanxi District, Tainan city

Government and people of India express condolences on the tragic loss of life and property caused by the devastating earthquake, says EAM spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal

Quake also rattles Nepal and damaged buildings; several places in Bihar too jolted, but there was no loss of life nor any damage to property

The seismically active area is where the India and Eurasia plates clash and cause uplifts that can be strong enough to change the heights of Himalayan peaks

The US Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Earthquake Centre of India put the magnitude to 7.1 saying the epicentre is located at China's Xizang of Tingri county, located 90 km North-East of Lobutse in the Khumbu Himalayan range of North-East Nepal

Epicentre of the quake was located in Xizang, near the Nepal border with a depth of 10 kilometres

A handful of communities are living within 5 km of the epicentre, which was 380 km from Lhasa, the Tibetan capital

The districts that felt tremors were Muzaffarnagar, Motihari, Motihari, Munger, Sheohar, and Saran. In Muzaffarnagar, the tremors lasted for 10-15 seconds

Kathmandu was shaken at around 6.50 am by the tremor.

This is the second seismic activity of more than 3 magnitude this month in the district. On December 7, a tremor of 3.2 magnitude was recorded in the district, according to the ISR. Last month, Kutch recorded an earthquake of 4 magnitude on November 18.

The tremor, which occurred at 3:59 am Indian Standard Time (IST), was registered at a depth of 10 kilometres beneath the Earth's surface

Eight school girls in Pakistan leapt from first floor of school believing there was an earthquake 

According to the report from the Centre, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 40 kilometers and the seismic activity has been classified as moderate earthquake

While people came out of their houses after feeling the seismic movement, no casualty or loss of property was reported in the region, officials of the state control room in Gandhinagar said.

The first earthquake of magnitude 4.9 on the Richter Scale struck at 6:45 am in Baramulla district of north Kashmir