Jammu, June 18, 2023 (PPI-OT): Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir was hit by five earthquakes in 24 hours. The first earthquake of 3.0 magnitude hit Ramban at around 2:03pm, yesterday and the latest was a 4.1 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale which hit Jammu and Kashmir’s Katra. The earthquake occurred at around 3:50am today. The depth of the earthquake was 11 km and it occurred 80 km East of Katra.

In a tweet, NCS wrote, “Earthquake of magnitude: 4.1, occurred on 18-06-2023, 03:50:29 IST, Lat: 32.96 and Long: 75.79, Depth: 11 Km, Location: 80km E of Katra, Jammu and Kashmir, India.” 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 and Long: 80.08, Depth: 10 Km, Location: 295 km NE of Leh, Ladakh,” tweeted NCS.

Prior to that, late on June 17 evening, earthquakes hit Ladakh and Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir. An earthquake of 4.5 magnitude hit Ladakh at 9:44pm and in the next 10 minutes Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir experienced an earthquake of 4.4 magnitude.

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