3 tremors jolt Kashmir

Rising Kashmir News
Srinagar, May 15: Kashmir was jolted by moderate intensity earthquakes

within a span of 10 hours on Sunday without any report of loss of life or damage to property.

Coordinator Disaster Management Kashmir, Aamir Ali said the first tremor, measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale was felt at 2.37 am followed by another tremor of 4.5 magnitude at 12.18 noon.

Aamir said the first tremor had its epicentre in Hindukush mountain range in Afghanistan. “The location of epicentre was 36.5 north (Latitude) and 70.7 east (Longitude). The epicentre of second tremor was in Manshera area of Pakistan with coordinates of 34.8 north latitude and 72.9 east Longitude,” he said.

The official said another tremor of magnitude 5.0 occurred at 12.53 pm with epicentre at 32.49N, 105.5E located in Sichuan-Gansu border region, China.

The tremors rattled Srinagar and other parts of the valley, prompting the people to rush out. “There are no reports of any damage so far,” he said

It may be mentioned that more than half a dozen earthquakes have rocked the valley during the last two months. Jammu and Kashmir is located in a highly earthquake-prone Seismic Zone V.

A devastating earthquake of 7.4 magnitude had flattened the border areas of the Valley on October 8, 2005, leaving more than 1,300 persons dead and many more injured.