India, July 10 -- Strong tremors were felt across the Delhi-NCR region on Thursday morning after a magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck near Jhajjar in Haryana at 9.04 am. Residents in several areas of Delhi, Noida and Gurgaon rushed out of their homes and workplaces in alarm.

According to the National Centre for Seismology, the earthquake's epicentre was located 3 km northeast of Jhajjar and about 51 km west of Delhi. It struck at a depth of 10 kilometres beneath the Earth's surface. No immediate reports of damage or casualties have been received.

Apart from the national capital, the tremors were also felt in Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and Faridabad in the National Capital Region, apart from parts of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

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