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SRINAGAR: As robust earthquake tremors have been felt throughout North India, the docs at a hospital in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district saved their nerve and delivered a child via lower-segment cesarean part whilst robust earthquake tremors shook the Valley on Tuesday. Anantnag district’s Chief Medical Officer shared a video on Twitter and mentioned, ”Emergency LSCS (lower-segment cesarean part) was occurring at SDH (Sub District Hospital) Bijbehara, Anantnag, throughout which robust tremors of earthquake have been felt.” 

“Kudos to the employees of SDH Bijbehara which performed the LSCS easily and thank god all the things is all proper,” the tweet mentioned.

WATCH: Doctors Delivering Baby Amid Tremors At Hospital In Anantnag

Emergency LSCS was going-on at SDH Bijbehara Anantnag throughout which robust tremors of Earthquake have been felt.

Kudos to employees of SDH Bijbehara who performed the LSCS easily & Thank God,all the things is Alright.
— CMO Anantnag Official (@cmo_anantnag) March 21, 2023

The tweet additionally included a video that confirmed how the docs carried out their job and delivered the newborn whereas all the things round them was shaking.

Strong Earthquake Tremors Jolt North India

It could also be recalled that an earthquake measuring 6.6-magnitude on the Richter Scale struck the Hindu Kush area in Afghanistan, shaking the Kashmir Valley so violently that residents in many areas rushed out of their properties in search of security.

Strong earthquake tremors have been additionally felt throughout a number of cities in North India on Tuesday evening. People in north India together with in Delhi and adjoining areas felt earthquake tremors round 10.17 PM which triggered panic amongst residents and compelled them to flee their properties to safer and open areas.

National Centre for Seismology mentioned that an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 on the Richter Scale hit 133km SSE of Fayzabad, Afghanistan at 10:17 pm on Tuesday.

Following the tremors, Delhi Fire Services obtained calls relating to tilted buildings and cracks showing in buildings from Jamia Nagar, Kalkaji and Shahdara areas. Fire providers groups rushed to those areas to take inventory of the state of affairs. However, authorities later confirmed that no tilting was discovered in buildings as a result of earthquake. 

Besides the Delhi-NCR area, earthquake tremors have been additionally felt in Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan. A resident in Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar district mentioned he felt three tremors again to again.

A senior seismologist mentioned the rationale why folks in northwest India and Delhi felt the tremors for a comparatively longer time is as a result of the “depth of the fault was more than 150 km”. People in northern India first felt the first waves after which have been impacted by the secondary waves, he mentioned.

There have been disruptions in cellular providers in some components of the Jammu area instantly after the earthquake, an official mentioned. In east Delhi’s Shakarpur, anxious folks stuffed the congested lanes after claims by some {that a} constructing had tilted, however it turned out to be a false alarm. Two hearth tenders have been rushed to south-east Delhi’s Jamia Nagar after a name claimed {that a} constructing was leaning there, officers mentioned, including additional data is awaited.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted, “Strong tremors were felt across Delhi-NCR. Hope you all are safe.” Chatter in regards to the attainable epicentre of the earthquake and reminiscences of the destruction attributable to a collection of temblors in Turkiye dominated the discussions in the teams of people that rushed out of their properties.

The tremors additionally sparked panic in Rajasthan as folks rushed out of buildings as a precautionary measure and enquired in regards to the earthquake from others.

In Punjab and Haryana and their frequent capital Chandigarh, folks rushed out of their properties in the course of the tremors. There have been related experiences from many locations in Haryana, together with Panchkula, Ambala, Karnal and components of the National Capital Region.

In Himachal Pradesh, folks in Shimla, Mandi and several other different locations rushed to security. “Tremors were felt in all the 12 districts of the state but no loss of life or damage to property has been reported,” Special Secretary Disaster Management Sudesh Mokta mentioned.

Many folks in Jammu and Kashmir additionally rushed out of their properties after tremors have been felt. In Katra, devotees rushed out of visitor homes.