A moderate-intensity earthquake shook the Kashmir Valley on Monday, as people panicked and rushed out of their homes, while doors, windows and household goods rattled.
Although the earthquake measured only 4.8 on the Richter scale, its impact was widespread because its epicentre was in the central Budgam district.
Officials of the disaster management authority said the earthquake occurred at 5.35 a.m.
Its epicentre was in the Budgam district of the Valley. The earthquake shook Kashmir, as the epicentre was in the Valley itself, in Budgam, barely 21 km north of the capital city, Srinagar.
People ran out of their homes in panic as windows and doors rattled under the impact. Worried about the welfare of relatives and friends, locals started calling each other on mobile phones, as luckily the services remained intact.
Reports about possible casualties or damage to property were still being collected by the authorities.
–IANS
