SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Feeble shocks of earthquake Friday shook Indian-controlled Kashmir and its adjoining areas, officials said.
According to officials in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, an earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale occurred at 7.03 p.m. (local time).
"The epicenter of today's earthquake was in the region, located at 33.3 degrees north latitude and 75.8 degrees east longitude," said an official at Meteorological Department's control room.
The earthquake was felt throughout Kashmir.
Geologists say Indian-controlled Kashmir is located in a zone of high seismic activity.
Srinagar falls in Seismic Zone-V and other parts of Indian- controlled Kashmir in Seismic Zone IV.
A high intensity quake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale with its epicenter in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir shook the region on October 8, 2005 causing large scale destruction killing 80,000 people.
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