{"id":358208,"date":"2026-02-02T20:53:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=358208"},"modified":"2026-02-02T20:53:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:23:18","slug":"4-7-magnitude-earthquake-jolts-kashmir-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/4-7-magnitude-earthquake-jolts-kashmir-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>4.7-magnitude earthquake jolts Kashmir Valley<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"461\" data-id=\"358209\"  src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2026\/02\/Earthquake.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-358209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2026\/02\/Earthquake.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2026\/02\/Earthquake-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2026\/02\/Earthquake-696x418.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2026\/02\/Earthquake-700x420.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A moderate earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale struck parts of Jammu and Kashmir early Monday morning, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tremor was recorded at around 5:35 am, with its epicentre located in the Pattan area of Baramulla district. According to preliminary information from the Android Earthquake Alerts System, the epicentre was approximately five kilometres from Hanjiwera Bala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The earthquake was felt across a wide area, including Srinagar, Baramulla, Sopore, Ganderbal, Pulwama and adjoining regions. Tremors were also reported from parts of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were no immediate reports of loss of life or damage to property, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents in several areas said they were awakened by the shaking, with many stepping out of their homes as a precaution. Doors, windows and household items rattled briefly, triggering panic among people, especially as the tremor occurred during the early morning hours when most were asleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities said the situation was being monitored, but no aftershocks or damage had been reported till the filing of this report.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A moderate earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale struck parts of Jammu and Kashmir early Monday morning, officials said. The tremor was recorded at around 5:35 am, with its epicentre located in the Pattan area of Baramulla district. According to preliminary information from the Android Earthquake Alerts System, the epicentre was approximately five kilometres [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":358209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2016],"tags":[16080,1141],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358208"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":358210,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358208\/revisions\/358210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/358209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}