Earthquake
Strong tremors were felt for ten seconds
CHANDIGARH: Earthquake tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Chandigarh today. The tremors were felt for ten seconds. Meanwhile, people came out of their houses. A magnitude 5.4 earthquake jolted eastern Kashmir around 1:30 pm on Tuesday afternoon, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
According to reports, the quake occurred 18 km away from Gandoh Bhalessa village in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district, at a depth of 30 km. Notably, An earthquake is any sudden shaking of the ground caused by the passage of seismic waves through Earth's rocks.
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