4 quakes jolt Jammu and Kashmir in 2hrs
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Four medium intensity tremors with magnitudes ranging between 4.7 and 5.5 hit Jammu and Kashmir in a span of less than two hours on Monday night, the National Centre for Seismology said.
The first quake with a magnitude of 4.7 hits at 10:42 pm, followed by one measuring 5.5 six minutes later.
The two occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers.
The third quake measuring 4.6 hits at 10:58 pm, followed by the fourth one at 11:20 pm with 5.4-magnitude.
The third and fourth quakes occurred at the depth of 36 kilometers and 63 kilometers respectively.
There were no immediate reports of casualty and damage to properties.
Separately, a quake with a magnitude of 5 hit the Andaman and Nicobar islands at 10:29 pm on Monday.
Jammu and Kashmir and Andaman and Nicobar islands witness high seismological activities.
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