Srinagar, Jan 19 || An earthquake, measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale, occurred on Monday with the epicentre in the Leh area of the Ladakh region and the shocks were felt in Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir with varying intensity.
Mukhtar Ahmad, Director of the local MET Department, told, "An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale occurred at 11.51 am today with the epicentre in the Leh area of the Ladakh region. “The coordinates of the earthquake were latitude 36.71 north and longitude 74.32 east. It occurred 171 Kms inside the Earth's crust."
The tremors of the earthquake were felt in varying degrees in Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir.
So far, no reports of any casualties or property damage have been reported from anywhere.
Parts of the Ladakh region and the Valley are located in seismologically sensitive areas.
On October 8, 2005, an earthquake, measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale, occurred at 8.50 a.m. with epicentre in Muzaffarabad town of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).