Valley rocked by three earthquakes, no damage reported

Srinagar, Jun 11: Three earthquakes on Monday shook

within an hour but there were no reports of any damage caused anywhere in the Valley.

"Two earthquakes of magnitude 5.4 and 5.9 on the Richter Scale occurred at 10.32 am and 10.59 am, respectively, in the Kashmir Valley," Aamir Ali, official at the Natural Disaster Management Cell, said.

The epicentre of the two tremors was in the Hindukush region of Afghanistan, he said.

A Met official said another tremor, measuring 3.8 on the Richter Scale, was recorded at 10.05 am. The epicentre of the earthquake was along the Sikkim-Nepal border.

There was no damage reported from anywhere in the Valley due to the three tremors.

PTI