In Islamabad, buildings shook and people poured into the streets in a panic, with many reciting verses from the Quran.
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A powerful quake has hit the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan, according to monitoring stations.
The US Geological Survey said the epicentre lay 45 km south-southwest of Jarm in Afghanistan, around 240 km from capital Kabul.
The full extent of the damage is not yet known. The tremors were felt in Noida, Delhi, Srinagar, Punjab and other areas in North. There has been no immediate loss of life and property from anywhere in the city.
People stand outside their offices after a severe quake is felt in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, October 26, 2015.
Rafi Amir-ud-Din said: ‘Massive quake in Pakistan. In September 2013, a magnitude-7.7 quake struck Pakistan’s Balochistan province, killing around 800 people.
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Sam Kiley, Foreign Affairs Editor with Sky News, said the epicentre was an extremely remote part of Afghanistan where the effects were likely to landslides. “I pray for everyone’s safety”, the PM said on Twitter. The 2005 natural disaster was measured 7.6 on the Richter scale. There are also reports of land sliding in northern Pakistan and wall of a school has collapsed injuring children in a city near Lahore. “Northward underthrusting of India beneath Eurasia generates numerous earthquakes and consequently makes this area one of the most seismically hazardous regions on Earth”.
