Kashmir’s Gulmarg Jolted by 5.2 Magnitude Earthquake

New Delhi: An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 on the Richter scale hit Jammu and Kashmir’s Gulmarg on Saturday morning.

According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS) this quake occurred at 8:36 am. Its epicentre was 129 km below the surface of the earth, about 184 km from Gulmarg.

There were no reports of damages.

Since June this year, Jammu and Kashmir has experienced 12 tremors.

On July 10, an earthquake of magnitude 4.9 hit Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district. A 5.4 magnitude earthquake in the Doda district on June 13 caused cracks in several buildings.