SRINAGAR: A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district early Sunday, marking the second seismic event to affect the Kashmir region within a week.
According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the earthquake occurred at 2:47 am at a depth of five kilometres. Its epicentre was located in Baramulla district at latitude 34.306° North and longitude 74.310° East.
No loss of life has been reported.
The latest earthquake comes days after a magnitude 5.1 tremor struck China’s Xinjiang region near the Ladakh border on Thursday night, triggering mild tremors across several parts of the Kashmir Valley.
