Pakistani anchor kept reading the news amid strong tremors

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake jolted northern India and parts of neighboring Pakistan on Tuesday night in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region.

Several videos of panicked people running out of their homes after buildings were shaking have surfaced on the internet.

Now a video of Pakistan showing the magnitude of the earthquake is going viral on social media.

The 31-second video shows a news studio in Peshawar, Pakistan, which is shaking violently when an earthquake hits the country.

Sharing the video, a Twitter user wrote, 'Pashto TV channel Mahshrik TV during the earthquake.

Bravo anchor continued his live program in the ongoing earthquake.

Pashto TV channel Mahshriq TV during the earthquake.

Bravo anchor continued his live program in the ongoing earthquake.

#earthquake#Peshawarpic.twitter.com/WC84PAdfZ6

— Inam Azal Afridi (@Azalafridi10) March 21, 2023

In the video, the news anchor of Mahshreek TV, a local Pashto TV channel, can be seen maintaining his composure despite the earthquake that shook the entire studio.

Meanwhile, TV screens and other equipment can also be seen shaking vigorously behind them in the newsroom.

Significantly, the epicenter of the earthquake was near the border of Pakistan and Tajikistan, 40 km south-southeast of the city of Jurm in Afghanistan.

According to a Geo News report, nine people, including two women, were killed and over 160 injured in the earthquake, as well as several buildings collapsed in Pakistan.

In India, residents rushed out of their homes as the tremors, which lasted for over a minute, hit Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) late Tuesday evening.

Tremors were also felt in Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan.

There were no immediate reports of any death or property damage.

A resident of Noida said that he first saw the dining table moving.

"Immediately after that we noticed that fans were also shaking. The earthquake was strong in terms of intensity and lasted for a long duration," a resident of Hyde Park Society in Noida was quoted as saying by PTI.

Large parts of South Asia are seismically active because a tectonic plate known as the Indian Plate is pushing north into the Eurasian Plate.