Jammu, 18 April (H.S.): An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter Scale struck Afghanistan on Saturday morning at 8:24 am, jolting parts of Jammu and Kashmir. However, there have been no immediate reports of any kind of damage.

According to European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the quake occurred at a depth of 190 kilometres in the Zaybak area of the Badakhshan region of Afghanistan.

An EMSC spokesperson said the epicentre of the quake was recorded at 36.5536°N / 70.9259°E.

The spokesperson said the energy released by the earthquake was 2 × 10^12 joules. To put that into perspective, it is equivalent to 554 megawatt-hours or 477 tons of TNT.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Krishan Kumar