SRINAGAR, Sept. 26 -- Kashmir already reeling under a deep man made crisis since August 5, 2019 is now faced with a natural calamity. An earthquake of magnitude (Mb 5.9) struck Pakistani side of Kashmir on 24th of September 2019 resulting in more than 20 fatalities. Since fault lines do not follow political boundaries and instead link the two (or multiple) geographically and politically distinct regions into one.
The preliminary investigation of the seismological data suggests that this earthquake has ruptured a fault at a depth of ~10 km. This could mean that the fault has broken a portion of the Main Himalayan Thrust System that runs under Jammu and Kashmir region. This revives the tragic memories of the devastation caused by the Mw 7.6 ...