Two back to back earthquakes jolted Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday morning. The first earthquake of magnitude 4.9 on the Richter Scale hit Baramulla at 6:45 am and the second one followed minutes later.
According to National Centre for Seismology, the first tremor hit at 6:45 am on Tuesday with epicentre 5 kilometres deep located in Baramulla. Visuals shared by users on social media showed structures and objects shaking as tremor hit the region.
VIDEO | Tremors of an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 felt in Jammu and Kashmir earlier today. Visuals from Baramulla.#earthquake pic.twitter.com/8zbcMySOC6
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) August 20, 2024
#WATCH | An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 on the Richter Scale struck Jammu and Kashmir
(Visuals from Poonch) https://t.co/EiP0pdpmmW pic.twitter.com/6kVyRwGtET
— ANI (@ANI) August 20, 2024
The same location was struck with a second quake at 6:52 am with a magnitude of 4.8 on the Richter Scale and epicentre located 10 kilometres deep.
