Moderate quake rocks Kashmir Valley

A moderate intensity earthquake rocked the Kashmir valley early this morning but there were no reports of any damage caused due to the tremor,a top official said here.

“An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter Scale occurred at 5.19 AM this morning,” Coordinator Natural Disaster Management Cell Aamir Ali said.

The epicentre of the earthquake was Hindukush region in Afghanistan,he said.

So far,there are no reports of any damage caused by the tremor,he added.

This was the second tremor experienced in the Kashmir

Valley in last two days. A 5.2 magnitude tremor was recorded on Thursday morning around same time.