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SRINAGAR: A moderate-intensity earthquake hit Kashmir on Saturday although no casualties or property losses were reported from anywhere so far.
“A moderate-intensity earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter scale occurred at 6.45 pm today,” a disaster management official said.
“The coordinates of the earthquake are 36.55 degrees north latitude and 71.20 degrees east longitude.
The epicenter of the earthquake was in the region of Afghanistan and Tajikistan. It was 216 kilometers deep inside the Earth’s crust.
The earthquake was felt in some places in the valley by residents.
From an earthquake perspective, Kashmir lies in a highly seismic prone region. Earthquakes in the past have wreaked havoc here.
On October 8, 2005, a 7.6-magnitude earthquake killed more than 80,000 people on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K.
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