Tremors in Jammu and Kashmir as earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hits Afghanistan-Tajikistan border

The tremors were also felt in Jammu and Kashmir at 6.45 pm today (January 1, 2021), the Disaster Management Kashmir informed.

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An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 occurred stuck 84km southeast of Fayzabad in Afghanistan, the National Center for Seismology said today. The earthquake that occurred at the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border was also felt in Jammu and Kashmir at 6.45 pm today (January 1, 2021), the Disaster Management Kashmir informed.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 that occurred at the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border also felt in Jammu and Kashmir at 6.45 pm today: Disaster Management Kashmir

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