Earthquakes of mild intensity hit J&K, toll reaches 13 in 5 days

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed as many as 13 earthquakes of mild intensity in last five days including two witnessed in Doda district early on Saturday, authorities informed. There was however no report of any loss of life or damage to property, the officials said. The two tremors witnessed on Saturday were of magnitude 2.9 and 3.4, they were reported within a span of over four-and-a-half hours in the morning, they said. With this, a total of 13 earthquakes having mild intensity had hit Doda, Kishtwar, Katra (Reasi) and Udhampur districts of the Jammu province since Tuesday. The epicentre of the first earthquake, which occurred at 4.32 am, was 26 kilometres south west of Bhaderwah town at latitude of 32.87 degrees north and longitude of 75.46 degrees east at a depth of 10 kms. It was followed by another tremor at 9.06 am, five kms southeast of Doda town. The quake hit at a latitude of 33.10 degrees north and a longitude of 75.57 degrees east at a depth of five km, the officials said. Read all the Latest News , Trending News ,  Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.