JAMMU, Jun 18: The area of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh was hit by 5 mild-intensity earthquakes inside 24 hours, with 4.5 being the very best magnitude of all. The primary tremor was felt after an earthquake of magnitude 3.0 hit Jammu and Kashmir at 2.03pm on Saturday.An official of the meteorological division stated the epicentre of the three.0 magnitude tremor, which occurred at 2.03 pm, was hilly Ramban district alongside the Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway.He stated the depth of the earthquake was 5 kilometres under the floor at a latitude of 33.31 levels north and a longitude of 75.19 levels east.The second jolt struck 271km northeast of Leh, Laddakh with a magnitude of 4.5 at round 9.44pm.Inside quarter-hour of the quake close to the India-China border, the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir was hit by a 4.4-magnitude earthquake at 9.55pm.This was the seventh earthquake within the Doda district over the previous 5 days.The Nationwide Middle for Seismology tweeted: “Earthquake of Magnitude:4.4, Occurred on 17-06-2023, 21:55:39 IST, Lat: 33.04 & Lengthy: 75.70, Depth: 18 Km, Location: Doda, Jammu and Kashmir.”Within the wee hours of Sunday, an earthquake of magnitude 4.1 once more jolted the area with its epicentre close to the India-China border, 295km northeast of Leh district in Ladakh.The fifth and final seismic exercise was noticed close to Katra in Jammu and Kashmir. An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 struck 80km east of Katra at 3.50am at a depth of 11 km.The NCS tweeted: “Earthquake of Magnitude:4.1, Occurred on 18-06-2023, 03:50:29 IST, Lat: 32.96 & Lengthy: 75.79, Depth: 11 Km, Location: 80km E of Katra, Jammu and Kashmir, India.”
