Moderate quake jolts Kashmir, no damage reported

A Met department spokesman told UNI on Sunday that an earthquake measuring 5.7 magnitude on the Richter Scale rocked the Valley at 23:15 hrs last night. People, including women and children, rushed out of their homes in panic despite cold winds outside.

He said the epicentre of the tremors was in Hindukush region in Afghanistan at a depth of 100 km, Latitude 36.2 degrees North and Longitude 70.5 degrees East.

There was no immediate report of any loss of life or damage to property in the quake.