5.8 Magnitude Earthquake hits Nepal, strong tremors felt across Delhi-Uttar Pradesh.

On Tuesday, strong tremors were felt across Delhi and surrounding areas after an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 hit Nepal.

"An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter Scale hit Nepal at 2:28 pm today," National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.

The quake's epicentre was in Nepal at a place 148 km east of Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand, it added.

Residents of Delhi-NCR took to social media to share videos of ceiling fans and household objects shaking during the tremors that lasted less than a minute.

There have been no reports of damage caused by the earthquake so far, however, it will be too soon to comment on the same.