With political tremors barely subsided, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake rocked Kashmir early on Sunday. Though no damage to life or property was reported the tremors jolted residents out of sleep and into paranoia of a different kind as the seismic activity may well lead up to aftershocks.
"A 6.4 quake struck the Valley at 1.53am on Sunday. The epicentre of the quake was located in the Hindukush region with latitude 36.5 degrees north and longitude 70.8 degrees east," an official of the weather office in Srinagar said.
"The tremor lasted several seconds and I was jolted out of my bed. Doors and windows produced a creaking sound," Bashir Ahmad, a resident of the old city area in the summer capital Srinagar, was quoted as saying by IANS.
A huge quake of 7.8 magnitude had rocked the two parts of divided Kashmir in October 2005 reulting in the deaths of thousands and leaving an even higher number of people homeless and stranded.
"A 6.4 quake struck the Valley at 1.53am on Sunday. The epicentre of the quake was located in the Hindukush region with latitude 36.5 degrees north and longitude 70.8 degrees east," an official of the weather office in Srinagar said.
"The tremor lasted several seconds and I was jolted out of my bed. Doors and windows produced a creaking sound," Bashir Ahmad, a resident of the old city area in the summer capital Srinagar, was quoted as saying by IANS.
A huge quake of 7.8 magnitude had rocked the two parts of divided Kashmir in October 2005 reulting in the deaths of thousands and leaving an even higher number of people homeless and stranded.
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