Massive tremors rocked North India at 9.25 AM on Saturday morning. Tremors measuring 6.8 on the richter scale were felt in Delhi, Srinagar, Amritsar, Patiala, Jaipur, Chandigarh and Dehradun. The quake had its epicentre in Pakistan.
Nearly 100 people in the state of shock have been brought to Srinagar's SMHS hospital for treatment. A senior police officer told rediff.com said "scores of people" have complained of heart palpitations after the tremors.
Five injured persons have been admitted to Srinagar's SMHS hospital. Many houses in Srinagar have developed cracks and people remain on the roadside, afraid to go back into their homes. Six houses were destroyed in north Kashmir's Handwara area, said police sources.
Reports from Jammu & Kashmir say that normal life has been disrupted. Telephone lines at several places in Srinagar have been disrupted.
The tremors went on for about thirty seconds and are reported to have also been felt in neighbouring Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Local television in Pakistan said the quake caused panic in Islamabad, as well as nearby Rawalpindi, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta near the Afghan border.
(With inputs from PTI
http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/oct/08quake.htm