Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 jolts Katra; Two aftershocks rock Doda

An earthquake of 4.3 magnitude hit Katra town in Jammu-Kashmir in the wee hours of Wednesday, while two aftershocks measuring 4.2 and 2.7 rocked Doda district, triggering fear among the residents, officials said.

According to the National Centre for Seismology, the earthquake occurred at 2:20 at a depth of 10 km, 81 km ENE of Katra.

"An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 on the Richter Scale hit 81km ENE of Katra, Jammu and Kashmir at around 2.20 am today," the National Centre for Seismology said in a tweet.


Officials added the first aftershock measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale occurred at 2.20 a.m. on Wednesday in Doda which was followed by another measuring 2.7 at 2.43 a.m.

Reports from Doda said that people were frightened by Tuesday's earthquake that has caused cracks in some government and private properties in the area.

On June 9, an earthquake of 3.9 magnitude struck the Union Territory of Ladakh in the morning.