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Earthquake of magnitude 5.8 jolts Afghanistan-Tajikistan border, tremors felt in Kashmir

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Source : DNA INDIA NEWS

Earthquake of 5.8 magnitude jolted the Afghanistan border. The tremors were also felt in Kashmir valley.

Tremors were felt in some parts of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday after an earthquake of magnitude 5.8 on the Richter scale hit Afghanistan at 12:17 p.m. (IST) today. The tremor occurred with a latitude of 36.10 and longitude 71.20 according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS).

A local in Srinagar who felt the tremors said “I was in office when my chair shook and I felt the tremor…”

More details awaited.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by DNA staff and is published from ANI)

SOURCE : DNA NEW