The Kashmir valley skilled a sudden jolt early Tuesday morning as two back-to-back earthquakes struck the area, inflicting widespread panic. Happily, there aren’t any stories of casualties or property injury, officers stated.
The primary tremor, measuring 4.9 on the Richter Scale, occurred at 6:45 am. Its epicentre was positioned in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, at a latitude of 34.17 north and longitude of 74.16 east, with a depth of 5 km. The second quake, barely much less intense at magnitude 4.8, struck at 6:52 am. It had its epicentre in Baramulla as nicely, at a latitude of 34.20 north and longitude of 74.31 east, and occurred at a depth of 10 km.
Authorities reported that regardless of the quakes’ proximity and depth, there have been no fast stories of harm to property or lack of life. Emergency companies stay on excessive alert to watch any potential aftereffects.
