Officials said the moderate intensity estimated earthquake occurred at 7am. on Tuesday which measured 5.8 on the Richter scale. “The epicentre of the earthquake was in Tajikistan region and its depth was 100 Kilometres inside the surface of the earth.
“The co-ordinates of the quake are latitude 37.7 degrees north and longitude 72.3 degrees east. “No report of any casualty or damage to property has been received from anywhere so far”, officials said. Seismologically, Kashmir is situated in a highly earthquake prone region.
5.8 magnitude Earthquake hits Kashmir
