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| Earthquake of 6.1 magnitude shakes J&K | | |  EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Feb 12: An earthquake of magnitudee 6.1 on the Richter scale occurred on Friday night at 10.31 p.m. in Jammu and Kashmir, triggering panic among the people who rushed outside their homes and called their loved ones to enquire about their wellbeing.
However, they said there were no reports of any causality though some minor damages were reports in parts of the valley.
They said the epicenter of the earthquake was in Tajikistan, adding the depth was 74 km.
The Delhi-NCR region is very peculiar with regard to seismic activities. It has several faultlines that generate earthquakes, but it also feels the impact of quakes that are epicentred as far as the Hindukush mountains in Afghanistan and even in Nepal.
The national capital falls under seismic zone IV - a very high-risk zone. India is divided into four seismic zones - II, III, IV and V -- according to the increasing intensity and frequency of earthquakes. |
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