A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit Tajikistan on Friday night,  tremors of which were felt in Delhi-NCR and several other parts of north India, news agency PTI reported. Panicked by the tremors that lasted for many seconds, people rushed out of their homes in search of safety. While the earthquake became the talking point on social media platforms on the night of February 12, it was Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s reaction during a live session that took the cake.

Gandhi, who was virtually interacting with students of University of Chicago, was heard saying that his entire room was “shaking”.

At first, the seismology department gave the epicentre as Amritsar and put the quake’s depth at 19 km. However, it later sent a revised statement to confirm the quake was in Tajikistan.

National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah said the tremors reminded the people of the 2005 quake in Jammu and Kashmir.

“Not since the earthquake of 2005 have the tremors in Srinagar been bad enough to force me out of the house. I grabbed a blanket & ran. I didn’t remember to take my phone & so was unable to tweet ‘earthquake’ while the damn ground was shaking,” he tweeted.

No major loss of lives or property was reported.