Earthquake hits Gujarat's Mahesana: The epicenter was located at a depth of 10 km, with coordinates 23.71°N latitude and 72.30°E longitude.
The earthquake was mild and was centred near Udalguri. The tremors were felt across Northeastern states including Arunachal Pradesh, and Nagaland. The tremors were also felt in neighbouring country Bhutan.
Earthquake in Delhi-NCR: Several people claimed that they felt tremors in Peshawar, Islamabad and Lahore in Pakistan, and New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir in India.
The earthquake, which had an estimated depth of 8 kilometers, was the strongest detected in South Korea this year. South Korea’s weather agency said people would have felt the shaking in the southwestern region of North Jeolla province.
Earthquake in New York: According to tracking website FlightAware, Federal Aviation Administration told airlines that they can expect flights to be held for New York City airports until noon because of earthquake and delays of 30-45 minutes.
Taiwan earthquake: Taiwan television stations showed footage of some collapsed buildings in Hualien, near the quake's epicentre, and media reported some people were trapped.
The fresh tremors created panic among residents in Nepal as the Himalayan country just three days ago witnessed one of the worst tremors in which over 150 people were killed and several got injured.
In the last couple of days, South Asian countries- Nepal and Afghanistan - experienced a series of jolts. In Afghanistan, thousands of people were killed following a powerful earthquake on October 7.
Afghanistan earthquake: Disaster authority spokesperson Mohammad Abdullah Jan said four villages in the Zenda Jan district in Herat province bore the brunt of the quake and aftershocks.
According to the National Center for Seismology, the tremors were felt at around 8:28 today.
Katra earthquake: "An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 on the Richter Scale hit 81km ENE of Katra, Jammu and Kashmir at around 2.20 am today," the National Centre for Seismology said in a tweet.
The earthquake was followed by at least 5 aftershocks measuring magnitude between 5.8 and 4.6, it said. After an initial tsunami alert, Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysical Agency lifted the warning hours after the quake.
Earthquake news today: The US Geological Survey reported an earthquake with a magnitude of about 6.8 that was centered just off the Pacific Coast, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Guayaquil, Ecuador’s second-largest city. One of the victims died in Peru, while 14 others died in Ecuador.
Tajikistan earthquake: It was 67 kilometers (41 miles) west of Murghob, Tajikistan and 20 kilometers (12 miles) deep, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Turkey-Syria earthquake updates: Turkey has suffered cataclysmic casualties, Kluge underlined, with more than 35,000 deaths and several people injured due to the earthquakes. An additional one million people are estimated to have lost their homes, and are currently living in temporary shelters.
Turkey-Syria earthquake LIVE UPDATES: Turkish authorities on Saturday arrested 48 people for looting after a powerful earthquake hit Turkey, reported state media. The suspects were held in eight different provinces as part of investigations into looting.
Turkey-Syria earthquake: As many as 5.3 million people in Syria may have been left homeless by the earthquake," the Syria representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Sivanka Dhanapala, said.
Turkey-Syria earthquake UPDATES: A three-month state of emergency to speed up rescue and aid efforts in Turkey's earthquake-hit provinces came into effect on Thursday after the approval of lawmakers, Anadolu Agency reported.
Turkey-Syria earthquake UPDATES: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the state has mobilized all its resources. He said that 6,444 buildings collapsed due to the two earthquakes of magnitudes 7.7 and 7.6 rocked the country on Monday.
Turkey Syria earthquake: On Feb 7, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared a three-month state of emergency in 10 southern provinces which were hit by massive quakes, Anadolu Agency reported.
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