Dikhyaa Mohanty 
An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale struck Jammu and Kashmir on January 22, with no immediate reports of any casualties or damage to property.
According to the reports, a disaster management official informed that the temblor occurred at 2.53 a.m., and the coordinates were latitude 36.06 degrees north and longitude 75.82 degrees east. The epicentre was located in Doda region 10 km inside the earth’s crust.
Seismologically, Kashmir is located in an earthquake prone region and past temblors have wrought havoc here. Over 80,000 people were killed on two sides of the Line of Control in an earthquake on October 8, 2005 which measured 7.6 on the Richter scale.
