Strong earthquake tremors were felt in several parts of north India, including Delhi-NCR, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday afternoon, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said.

Two earthquake tremors — the first with a magnitude of 4.6 and the second with a magnitude of 6.2 — occurred in a span of nearly half an hour. The origin of the earthquake was in Nepal, according to the NCS.

The first tremor was reported at 2:15 pm while the second one occurred at 2:51 pm, the NCS said.

Several people in north India, including Delhi-NCR, Punjab and Haryana, rushed out of their buildings when they felt the strong earthquake tremors, which lasted for over a minute.

Frank Hoogerbeets, a Dutch researcher who had predicted the devastating earthquakes that hit Turkiye and Syria earlier this year, posted on X about the probability of a quake that could originate near Pakistan. His tweet came on Monday.

“On September 30, we recorded atmospheric fluctuations that included parts of and near Pakistan. This is correct. It can be an indicator of an upcoming stronger tremor (as was the case with Morocco). But we cannot say with certainty that it will happen,” the scientist, who is renowned for his earthquake predictions based on celestial alignments, wrote on X.

Hoogerbeets, a researcher at the Solar System Geometry Survey (SSGEOS), said atmospheric fluctuations were reported in parts of and near Pakistan. He said this was an “indicator of an upcoming stronger tremor”.