4.4-magnitude earthquake hits Delhi, Haryana; no damage reported

A medium intensity earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter Scale shook the national capital and neighbouring Haryana in the wee hours of Thursday.

A medium intensity earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter Scale shook the national capital and neighbouring Haryana in the wee hours of Thursday.

An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter Scale hit Delhi and Haryana early on Thursday. (Shutterstock)

According to the National Centre for Seismology, a unit of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, the mild tremor hit Delhi at around 4.30 am and was epicentred near the Delhi-Haryana border.

The earthquake had a depth of 10 kilometre, it said.

There was no immediate loss of life and property reported.

Many people tweeted about the earthquake despite the tremor hitting early in the morning.

An earthquake of 3.6 magnitude hit Punjab’s Jalandhar district on Wednesday. The quake had a depth of 13 kilometre.