Earthquake in Uttarakhand: Magnitude 5.2 quake with epicentre near Dharchula; tremors across North India

New Delhi: Parts of northern India felt tremors around 10:35 pm. The tremors were seemingly caused by a medium-intensity earthquake in the India-Nepal border region.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has estimated the earthquake to be of magnitude 5.2 on the Richter scale. The epicentre has been located close to Dharchula in Uttarakhand. The depth of the quake has been estimated at 10 km.

Tremors were felt in the Delhi-NCR area. Reports are coming in of the tremors being felt in other areas.

News agency ANI reported that tremors were felt in parts of Uttarakhand including Champawat,Srinagar, Garhwal and Almora.

The quake struck about 18 minutes after another one, measuring 4.7 on the Richter, struck near the island of Komodo in Indonesia.

According to the National Seismological Centre -- a unit of the Ministry of Earth Sciences -- the epicentre of the earthquake was in Uttarakhand along the border between India and Nepal.

The earthquake occurred at 10.22pm, officials said.

Earlier in the day, an earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale had hit the Kullu region in Himachal Pradesh.

The earthquake had occurred at 4.12am, they said.