Magnitude 6 quake jolts Kashmir

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An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck Jammu and Kashmir on early Sunday, just 24 hours after a 4.9 quake rocked the state.

"A moderate intensity quake struck Kashmir at 2.37 a.m.on Sunday. Its epicentre was in the Hindukush mountain range of Afghanistan and its coordinates were 36.5 degrees north and 70.7 degrees east," Amir Ali, incharge of the disaster management cell at the provincial headquarters here, told the media.

No immediate report of any loss of life or property was reported.

A moderate intensity quake, measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale, had struck Kashmir Saturday around 3 a.m.

It may be mentioned that more than half a dozen earthquakes have rocked the valley during the last two months. Jammu and Kashmir is located in a highly seismic zone.

More than 40,000 people were killed in a massive quake, measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, that rocked the Indian and Pakistan administered parts of Jammu and Kashmir in October 2005.