Low-intensity tremor rocks Kashmir Valley
Sunday - October 21, 2018 7:36 pm ,
Category : HEALTH
Srinagar, Oct 21 (IANS) A low-intensity tremor struck the Kashmir valley on Sunday, but there was no report of any damage to life or property.A State Disaster Management Department official said that an earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter Scale occurred at 6.06 p.m. on Sunday."The epicentre of the earthquake was in the Jammu & Kashmir region", the official said.Kashmir is situated in an earthquake-prone zone. Over 80,000 people were killed by a temblor measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale that had hit both sides of the divided Kashmir in October 2005.
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