Srinagar:

Two back-to-back earthquakes measuring 4.9 and 4.8 on the Richter scale occurred in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday. However, no loss of life or damage to property has been so far reported from anywhere.

Meteorological Department Director, Mukhtar Ahmad said that the first earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale occurred at 6:45 a.m. with coordinates, latitude 34.17 degrees north and longitude 74.16 degrees east. The epicentre of the earthquake was in Baramulla district of J&K and its depth was 5 km inside the earth.

The second earthquake occurred at 6:52 a.m. and its magnitude was 4.8 on the Richter scale. Its latitude was 34.20 degrees north and longitude 74.31 degrees east.

The epicentre of the second earthquake was also in Baramulla district and it occurred at a depth of 10 km.

The earthquakes were felt throughout the Valley as people in most places ran out of their homes. Anxious callers kept the phone lines busy asking relatives and friends their welfare.

Provincial authorities have said that so far there have been no reports of loss of life or damage to property from anywhere in the Valley.

Kashmir Valley is seismologically situated in an earthquake-prone region.

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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A 4.2 magnitude earthquake hit Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. Data released by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said that an earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale occurred at Kashmir’s Baramulla at 12.26 pm.

“The epicentre of the earthquake was in the Baramulla area of the Valley. It occurred at a depth of 5 km inside the earth’s crust. The coordinates of the earthquake are altitude 34.32 degrees north and longitude 74.41 degrees east,” the data said.

Baramulla: People fled to safety after a strong earthquake struck around 12: 25 pm today. Marketgoers and shopkeepers quickly sought refuge due to the high intensity of the quake. No casualties or property damage have been reported so far pic.twitter.com/u96Ivbc1YQ

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A video showed a busy market come to an halt after the tremors shook the area. In the 18-second video, shoppers can be seen gathered in the middle of the road when the earthquake hit. Cars and motorcycles stopped on the road, waiting for the quake to pass.

No casualty or damage to property has been reported so far.