Delhi/Hyderabad, June 13 (Hydnow) The Capital city of Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, and other northern parts of the country were shaken today afternoon.
The magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck about 30 km southeast of Kitwar in Jammu and Kashmir. The details were given by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center.
The quake struck 99 km north of Pathankot in Punjab and its epicenter was 60 km underground. There is no information about any loss of life or property due to this earthquake which occurred at 1.30 pm on Tuesday.
Earlier, the National Center for Seismology reported that a magnitude 3.7 earthquake hit Myanmar at 2.53 am on Tuesday. This epicenter is located 10 km deep inside the earth. A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on May 31 as well. (Hydnow)
The Union Home Minister has alerted the states of the country in the wake of the Indo-Pak War. The Telangana government and police, which were immediately alerted, took preemptive measures. Security has been tightened in Hyderabad.
Thirty-two airports across northern and western parts of the country, including Srinagar and Amritsar, have been closed for civilian flight operations till May 15, according to the civil aviation regulator.
In view of the ongoing high alert across India and intensified security arrangements in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the city police have issued a ban on bursting firecrackers or fireworks in public spaces, particularly near military cantonment areas.
India responded strongly to Pakistan’s repeated drone and missile attacks and hit at least eight military targets inside Pakistan on Friday night with precision, thereby causing significant damage, the Centre told the media, as part of a special briefing on ‘Operation Sindoor’.