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Earthquake hits J&K again; third in 24 hours 6/16/2020 11:53:41 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, June 16: Another earthquake of moderate-intensity measuring 3.9-magnitude on the Richter Scale rocked Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday (June 16) as authorities said no report of any casualty or damage to property has been received from anywhere so far. This was the second earthquake to hit the union territory on Tuesday and fourth in the last 24 hours. According to officials, the 3.9-m earthquake with 5 km depth occurred at 2:10 pm at Bhaderwah town in Doda district of Kashmir. Seismologically, Kashmir is situated in a highly earthquake-prone region. Speaking of the first earthquake that took place on Tuesday morning at around 7 am, it had a depth of around 100 km with its epicentre in Tajikistan. People living in most parts of the Kashmir Valley, including Srinagar, Kishtwar and Doda districts felt the tremors. Mild tremors were also felt in Jammu. The coordinates 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. On June 15 night, an earthquake of magnitude 3.6 had also hit Jammu and Kashmir. Since June 14 night, six earthquakes of above 3.0 on the Richter Scale have hit Katra in Jammu and Kashmir. Katra is a small town in the union territory and the base camp for the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine. Earthquakes have wreaked havoc in Kashmir in the past. On October 8, 2005 an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale killed over 80,000 people on the two sides of the line of control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir. In the last week, as many as 25 low to mild intensity earthquakes have hit the country.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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