Moderate intensity earthquake jolts J&K

A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale jolted Jammu and Kashmir today: although no report of any casualty or damage to property has been received from anywhere so far.

Officials of the disaster management authority said an earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale occurred in J&K at 5.35 a.m. on Thursday.

“The epicentre of the earthquake was in Gorno-Badakhshan area of Tajikistan. Its coordinates are latitude 37.49 degrees north and longitude 71.85 degrees east.

It occurred 108 km inside the earth’s crust, an official of the disaster management authority said.

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