SRINAGAR: Aaj subah savere Jammu aur Kashmir ke kai hisson mein bhookamp (earthquake) ke tez jhatke mehsoos kiye gaye, jis se logon mein afra-tafri ka mahaul ban gaya. Richter scale par is bhookamp ki shiddat 5.3 maapi gayi hai. Yeh jhatke taqreeban raat ke 2:44 AM par mehsoos kiye gaye, jab aksar log gehri neend mein so rahe the. Srinagar, Budgam, Ganderbal aur Jammu ke kuch ilakon mein logon ne bataya ki unke gharon ki khidkiyaan aur deewarein hilne lagi thi.
National Center for Seismology (NCS) ke mutabiq, is bhookamp ka kendra (epicenter) Tajikistan ke pahadi ilakon mein tha aur zameen ke niche iski gehrayi (depth) taqreeban 110 kilometers record ki gayi. Tajikistan mein kendra hone ke bawajood, iska asar Afghanistan aur Pakistan ke saath-saath poore North India aur Jammu-Kashmir mein bhi dekha gaya. Kai jagahon par log darr ke maare apne parivaar ke saath thand mein hi gharon se bahar khule maidanon mein nikal aaye.
Ghanimat yeh rahi ki abhi tak Jammu aur Kashmir ke kisi bhi hisse se kisi bade nuksan ya kisi ke zakhmi hone ki khabar samne nahi aayi hai. Disaster management authorities aur local administration ne logon se shanti banaye rakhne ki appeal ki hai aur kaha hai ki situation par bariki se nazar rakhi ja rahi hai. Kashmir Valley ke sensitive zones mein rehne wale logon ko hamesha ki tarah savdhaan rehne ki hidayat di gayi hai kyunki yeh region seismic activity ke lihaz se kafi sensitive maana jata hai.