Kashmir faces a moderate intensity earthquake

A moderate intensity earthquake occurred in Pakistan occupied Kashmir on Wednesday. It measured 5.3 on the Richter scale. The depth of the earthquake was 1 km inside the earth's crust.

SRINAGAR: A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale occurred in Kashmir on Wednesday.

The temblor occurred in the epicentre of Kashmir which is in the Pakistan region at 8.40 a.m.

Sonam Lotus, Director of (MET) office said "the coordinates of the earthquake were latitude 36.4 degrees north and longitude 72.7 degrees east. The epicentre was in the Pakistan region. Depth of the earthquake was 1 km inside the earth's crust".

Kashmir region is situated in a highly earthquake-prone seismological region of South Asia.

Earthquakes have devasted Kashmir in the past. Over 80,000 human lives were killed in an earthquake that hit the two sides of divided Kashmir under India and Pakistan control on October 8, 2005, which measured 7.6 on the Richter scale.