Earth quake felt in Jammu And Kashmir

Low intensity quake of 3.2 magnitude felt in Kashmir

Srinagar, Feb 16 (PTI) A mild intensity earthquake with epicentre in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam area shook the valley on Wednesday but there was no damage reported due to the tremor.

An earthquake of magnitude 3.2 on Richter scale was felt at around 5.43 am in Kashmir, an official of the Disaster Management authority said.

He said the epicentre of the earthquake was 15 kilometres south-southwest of Pahalgam, the base camp for Shri Amarnath yatra, at a depth of 16 kilometres.

The official said there were no reports of any damage so far.

PTI