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Two die in J&K as quake jolts North
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Jammu/New Delhi (PTI): Two persons were killed, and 69, including 32 students, were injured and scores of buildings damaged in Jammu and Kashmir when...
Jammu/New Delhi (PTI): Two persons were killed, and 69, including 32 students, were injured and scores of buildings damaged in Jammu and Kashmir when an earthquake of moderate intensity shook parts of North India on Wednesday. 
Twin districts of Kishtwar and Doda in Jammu region were the hardest hit where nearly 400 structures, including schools, hospitals and houses, developed cracks.A Two persons were killed and some 69, including 32 students, were injured in the two districts, officials quoting initial reports said in Jammu. The quake, measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale, struck Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of North India including the national capital and its satellite towns at around 12:27 pm. The tremors were felt in Punjab and Haryana but there were no immediate reports of any casualty or damage from the two states. In Himachal Pradesh, the quake lasted nearly 30 seconds and was felt from tribal Lahaul and Spiti valley to foothills of Una. A few houses were damaged in Chamba as frightened people scampered out of their houses on to the streets in the hill state. The quake rocked Kangra, Palampur, Solan, Hamirpur and other places in the state but no one was injured. The quake in Jammu and Kashmir was followed by a series of aftershocks in Doda and Kishtwar, the officials said. Over 150 buildings, including four schools, suffered partial damage in Bhaderwah belt while 220 houses developed cracks in Thanala village on the Bhaderwah-Chamba border belt, they said. Buildings of the All India Radio and the Bhaderwah Development Authority were also damaged in the quake, the officials said. Gulab Ram, a shepherd, and Mulakh Raj were killed in landslides triggered by the temblor in Kuntawara area in Kishtwar district and Dunadi Gandoh in Bhaderwah respectively. On April 24, a temblor, measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale and epicentred in southern Afghanistan, rattled the National Capital Region.A On April 16, a 7.8 magnitude quake with its epicentre in Pakistan-Iran border jolted the region.
Twin districts of Kishtwar and Doda in Jammu region were the hardest hit where nearly 400 structures, including schools, hospitals and houses, developed cracks.A Two persons were killed and some 69, including 32 students, were injured in the two districts, officials quoting initial reports said in Jammu. The quake, measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale, struck Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of North India including the national capital and its satellite towns at around 12:27 pm. The tremors were felt in Punjab and Haryana but there were no immediate reports of any casualty or damage from the two states. In Himachal Pradesh, the quake lasted nearly 30 seconds and was felt from tribal Lahaul and Spiti valley to foothills of Una. A few houses were damaged in Chamba as frightened people scampered out of their houses on to the streets in the hill state. The quake rocked Kangra, Palampur, Solan, Hamirpur and other places in the state but no one was injured. The quake in Jammu and Kashmir was followed by a series of aftershocks in Doda and Kishtwar, the officials said. Over 150 buildings, including four schools, suffered partial damage in Bhaderwah belt while 220 houses developed cracks in Thanala village on the Bhaderwah-Chamba border belt, they said. Buildings of the All India Radio and the Bhaderwah Development Authority were also damaged in the quake, the officials said. Gulab Ram, a shepherd, and Mulakh Raj were killed in landslides triggered by the temblor in Kuntawara area in Kishtwar district and Dunadi Gandoh in Bhaderwah respectively. On April 24, a temblor, measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale and epicentred in southern Afghanistan, rattled the National Capital Region.A On April 16, a 7.8 magnitude quake with its epicentre in Pakistan-Iran border jolted the region.
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