A tremendous earthquake occurred in south Asia watch video..

A tremendous earthquake measuring 8.1 with richter scale currently jolted north India, with panic-stricken people rushing from houses and buildings that shook in the temblor lasting almost a moment. The earthquake epicentred in the Hindukush mountain range in Afghanistan hit at around 3. 40 PM, sending ripples across several states like Jammu along with Kashmir, Delhi- National Capital Region (NCR), Punjab, Uttarakhand along with Rajasthan. People frantically rushed from their houses and offices since the ground shook. Inside the national capital, neighborhood services were lightly halted. There were simply no immediate reports of decrease of life or home.

The Associated Press reports that at least 12 students at a girls’ school were killed in a stampede as they tried to get out of the shaking building in Afghanistan’s Takhar province, west of Badakahshan. Sonatullah Taimor, the spokesman for the Takhar provincial governor, said another 30 girls have been taken to the hospital in the provincial capital of Taluqan.
- theguardian

In Srinagar, people said they found the buildings "swinging", reminding them of the devastating quake in 2005. According for you to National Center pertaining to Seismology, a model of Ministry regarding Earth Science, the epicentre of the earthquake was this Hindukush mountain range, known to certainly be a high sesimic zoom. The earthquake occurred in the depth of 190 km's.

The US geological survey is reporting that the earthquake had a magnitude of 7.5. It struck at 9:09 am near the cities of:

45km (28mi) N of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan
48km (30mi) SSW of Jarm, Afghanistan
76km (47mi) S of Fayzabad, Afghanistan
77km (48mi) WSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan
254km (158mi) NNE of Kabul, Afghanistan