India, Feb. 17 -- Strong and powerful tremors jolted Delhi early Monday morning as an earthquake of magnitude four hit the national capital and surrounding areas at around 5:36 am. Accompanying strong tremors was a loud rumbling sound that several people reported hearing during the earthquake.

People on social media reported waking up to violent shaking and a loud sound. A user on X said, "Most unsettling thing is it's possibly the first time I could also hear an earthquake. Usually it's the objects in the house shaking which makes a sound, but this time it was very clearly the earth."

Sundar Lal, a resident of Delhi's Sita Ram Bazar said that he initially mistook the noise for monkeys on the terrace, according to a PTI report.

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