The tremors were felt at around 1:11pm for less than ten seconds but pulled panic-stricken people out of their homes and offices.
Strong tremors were felt in Delhi and parts of north India which were shaken by a moderate intensity quake this afternoon resulting in minor damages to some buildings.
The quake, measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale had its epicentre in Haryana's Bahadurgarh district. The tremors were felt at around 1:11 PM for less than ten seconds but pulled panic-stricken people out of their homes and offices.
Though the quake did not cause any major damage, it created widespread panic with students rushing out of schools in neighbouring Gurgaon, Faridabad and Noida. People living in multi-storeyed buildings and working in high-rise offices were also seen running out.
"The intensity was 4.9 and the epicentre was Bahadurgarh on the Delhi-Haryana Border," a senior MeT official said.
However, the US Geological Survey pegged the magnitude of the quake at 5.2 on the Richter Scale.
The fire brigade and police said they have not received any calls of casualty or damage in Delhi.
However, in Haryana, the epicentre of the quake, minor cracks were reported in old buildings. The outer periphery of a school building in Rohtak also developed cracks.
Reports said that six labourers working in a 'Gaushala' at a village in Hissar were injured when the wall collapsed, but police maintained that the incident took place at least half an hour before the tremor.
Superintendent of Police of Jhajjar, Patram Singh, in whose district the town of epicentre falls, said there was no major damage reported from anywhere.
There were reports of minor damage to a shrine in Dujana village where labourers were engaged in some repair work and wall of a house collapsing in Lakaria village in Jhajjar, but Singh said these reports were unconfirmed so far.
Rohtak's Deputy Commissioner, Vikas Gupta said though there were minor cracks in some buildings, particularly, some old structures, there was no other damage caused by the earthquake.
He also dismissed as false reports of damage caused to a school building in Mayna village located on Rohtak-Jhajjar road.
"We sent teams there to check it, but found nothing. Reports to this effect are not true. In fact, we not only got the government high school building in Mayna village checked up, but also two school buildings of private schools were checked, but there was no damage," Gupta told PTI over phone.
Bhiwani's Superintendent of Police, Satish Balan said the "quake was strongly felt, but it has not caused any damage in the district".
Besides Bahadurgarh, the tremors were felt in Gurgaon, Faridabad, Rohtak, Jhajjar, Hisar and Bhiwani in Haryana and Ghaziabad, Noida and Agra in Uttar Pradesh.
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