Delhi News Desk!! Earthquake struck Jammu and Kashmir today. The earthquake was so strong that tremors were felt till Delhi-NCR. Along with India, earthquake struck Pakistan and Afghanistan as well, whose intensity was measured at 5.7 on the Richter scale. According to the National Center for Seismology, the epicenter of the earthquake was found at a depth of 255 kilometers from the surface of the earth in Afghanistan. The earthquake struck around 11:30 am. Although there is no news of any loss of life or property due to the earthquake, but there is an atmosphere of panic among the people of Jammu and Kashmir. At the same time, earthquake tremors were felt at some places in the capital Delhi and people came out of their homes and offices. Earthquake has struck Jammu and Kashmir three times so far.
8 days ago there were three earthquakes in Jammu and Kashmir
According to media reports, earthquakes have also been felt in Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan’s Islamabad, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Punjab province, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Let us tell you that earthquakes had occurred in Jammu and Kashmir 8 days ago. The earth shook 3 times in 2 days due to earthquakes. On the morning of 20 August, 2 earthquakes occurred within 7 minutes. An earthquake of 4.9 magnitude occurred at 6:45 am. 7 minutes later, an earthquake of 4.8 magnitude occurred at 6:52 pm. After this, an earthquake of 3.6 magnitude occurred on 21 August around 10 to 10:30 pm. The epicenter of these three earthquakes was found in Baramulla. Tremors of earthquake were also felt in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and the intensity of the earthquake there was measured at 5.1 on the Richter scale.
2 more countries of the world are in the grip of earthquake
Let us tell you that two more countries of the world were hit by earthquakes on the previous day. Earthquakes occurred in Europe and the American continent. An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 occurred in El Salvador, America. According to the report of the US Geological Survey, Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele wrote on his X handle that the epicenter of the earthquake was found at a depth of 60 kilometers in the sea in the western region of La Libertad. Two earthquakes of magnitude 4.1 and 4.5 were also felt in Guatemala. Apart from this, an earthquake of magnitude 5.2 also occurred in the city of Crete in the European continent Greece, which spread panic among the people. According to the Athens Geodynamic Institute, the earthquake that occurred between Crete and Gavodos Island was found at a depth of 11.6 kilometers from the ground.
