Srinagar: On Tuesday, the Kashmir Valley experienced two consecutive earthquakes, with magnitudes of 4.9 and 4.8 on the Richter scale. Nevertheless, there have been no reports of fatalities or property damage.
According to Mukhtar Ahmad, the director of the Meteorological Department, the first earthquake, which had a Richter scale value of 4.9, occurred around 6:45 a.m. at latitude 34.17 degrees north and longitude 74.16 degrees east. The epicentre was 5 kilometres deep and located in the J&K district of Baramulla.
The second earthquake’s epicentre was also in Baramulla district and occurred at a depth of 10 km.
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The earthquakes were felt throughout the Valley, and people ran out of their homes in most places. Anxious callers kept the phone lines busy, asking relatives and friends for their welfare.
Provincial authorities have said that there have been no reports of loss of life or damage to property anywhere in the Valley so far.
Due to its seismological location in an earthquake-prone region, Kashmir Valley is always at risk of such natural occurrences.
On October 8, 2005, an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale killed over 80,000 people across the line of control in Kashmir.
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–IANS
