Multiple tremors today shook north India and Gujarat. The quake, measuring 7.8 on the Richter Scale at 4:14 pm, was epicentred at the Pakistan-Iran border, Indian Meterological Department said. The quake took place 15.2 km below the surface.

The tremors were felt in Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana and people were seen rushing out of high-rises in the national capital.

"I was inside my office in Connaught Place. I felt the chair shaking and rushed out of office," Priya Dev, a chartered accountant in Delhi, said.

There were no immediate reports of any damage or casualty.

Mild tremors were today felt in parts of Rajasthan, but there were no initial report of any loss. "There are no immediate reports of damage," Birju Patel, deputy director of the Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority, said.

Earlier in the day, a moderate quake shook Arunachal Pradesh. The tremors measuring 5 on the Richter Scale was recorded at 2:04 pm with the epicentre at the Arunachal Pradesh-China border. An eight-year-old child was killed in a mudslide in Assam, which was rocked twice today and was also felt in other Northeastern states and Odisha.

According to the Seismic Zone Mapping done by the Geological Survey of India (GSI), Delhi is among 30 cities in the country falling in zone IV, which is defined as a severe intensity seismic zone.