Major earthquake shakes north India, Pakistan

One people was killed and 50 other injured in Baramulla of India- controlled Kashmir in a 7.6-scale earthquake that hit Pakistan and north India Saturday morning.

The road between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad was blocked by landslide and houses were reported damage in Poonch District.

The earthquake scaled 7.6 in the Richer scale by the Indian Meteorological Department. The epicenter was located 70 km away from Muzaffarabad of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and 92 km from Pakistan capital Islambad, according to the NDTV reports.

The first tremor was felt at 9:25 am Friday in India-controlled Kashmir, north India's Uttaranchal, Punjab, Rajasthan, west India's Gujarat and the capital city Delhi.

Strong quakes have driven people out of their homes in Srinagar in India-controlled Kashmir, according to NDTV reports.

High rise buildings were left particularly shaken by the tremor lasting for about minutes in Delhi.

In Pakistan, the earthquake rocked major cities of Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Rawalpindi and other parts of country on Saturday morning.

The quake shook buildings of Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, for about one minute at around 8:55 a.m. The water tank on the top of the office building of the Xinhua branch spilled out on the roof.

According to a Xinhua reporter on the spot, residents in Islamabad ran out of houses to stay in the open air.

Many houses collapsed in the northern Pakistani districts of Kohistan and Batgram and an unknown number of people injured were rushed to hospital, the reports said.

At least eight people were injured in Lahore, the capital of Punjab province.

Source: Xinhua