Katra and Doda experience fresh quakes, adding to seismic activity

Katra and Doda experience fresh quakes, adding to seismic activity

Two fresh earthquakes of magnitude 4.3 and 2.8 jolted Jammu and Kashmir’s Katra and Doda areas respectively in the early hours of June 14, triggering a panic among residents. Tremors were felt in Katra at 2.20 am, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said, adding the epicentre was 81 kilometres northeast of Katra at a depth of 10 kilometres. The other quake occurred 74 kilometres east of Katra in Reasi district at 2.43 am, according to the NCS. Its epicentre lay at a depth of five kilometres. Officials said there…

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