Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh were hit by six earthquakes in last 24 hours. The first earthquake of 3.0 magnitude hit at around 2:03 pm on 17 June at J&K’s Ramban.
The latest was 4.3 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale which hit Ladakh’s Leh, National Center for Seismology (NCS) has informed. The earthquake occurred at around 8:28 am on 18 June. The depth of the earthquake was 10 km and it occurred 270 km North East of Leh.
In a tweet, NCS said, “Earthquake of Magnitude:4.3, Occurred on 18-06-2023, 08:28:26 IST, Lat: 35.72 & Long: 79.98, Depth: 10 Km ,Location: 279km NE of Leh, Laddakh, India.”
Earlier, tremors were felt in Jammu and Kashmir’s Katra.”Earthquake of Magnitude:4.1, Occurred on 18-06-2023, 03:50:29 IST, Lat: 32.96 & Long: 75.79, Depth: 11 Km ,Location: 80km E of Katra, Jammu and Kashmir, India”, NCS tweeted.
Just an hour earlier, an earthquake of magnitude 4.1 on the Richter scale had hit Leh district of Ladakh, NCS said. The earthquake occurred at 2:16 am and the depth was 10 km. “Earthquake of Magnitude:4.1, Occurred on 18-06-2023, 02:16:49 IST, Lat: 35.85 & Long: 80.08, Depth: 10 Km , Location: 295km NE of Leh, Ladakh,” tweeted NCS.
On Saturday evening, earthquakes hit Ladakh and Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir. An earthquake of 4.5 magnitude hit Ladakh at 9:44 pm and in next 10 minutes Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir experienced an earthquake of 4.4 magnitude.
