Earthquake tremors felt in Jammu and KashmirÂ
A light-weight depth earthquake occurred in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday as no report of any casualty or harm to property was obtained from wherever to date. Officials of the catastrophe administration authority mentioned an earthquake measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale occurred at 4.40 a.m. on Sunday whose coordinates are latitude 33.0 levels north and longitude 75.86 levels east.
“The epicenter of the earthquake was located near Bhalessa in Doda district of J&K,” officers mentioned including that no casualty or harm to property was obtained from wherever to date.
Seismologically, the Valley is located in an earthquake-prone area the place tremors have wrought havoc in the previous.
On October 8, 2005, an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale killed over 80,000 folks in J&Okay dwelling on two sides of the road of management (LoC).
(With IANS inputs)
