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Jammu, June 14, 2023 (PPI-OT): A day after a 5.4 magnitude quake hit Doda district of occupied Jammu and Kashmir, four more earthquakes jolted the territory’s Jammu region on Wednesday and triggered panic among residents. The fresh earthquakes prompted the closure of educational institutes in twin mountainous districts of Doda and Kishtwar in the region.
Officials said there were no reports so far of any loss of life or damage to property. In Kishtwar, a 3.3 magnitude quake was recorded at 8.29 am. Its epicentre was at a depth of five kilometers, according to Centre for Seismology.
Prior to that, tremors of magnitude 3.5 were recorded in Doda at 7.56 am and the epicenter was at a depth of 10 kilometers, data from the center showed. Two more earthquakes were recorded in the early hours of the day as well. At 2.20 am, a 4.3 magnitude quake was recorded in the Doda district at a depth of 10 kilometers, according to the data. The other quake, which had a magnitude of 2.8, occurred 74 kilometers east of Katra in Reasi district at 2.43 am, according to the center. Its epicentre lay at a depth of five kilometres.
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