A moderate intensity earthquake jolted the Kashmir valley today. “An earthquake of magnitude 5 on the Richter Scale occurred today at 7.29 pm with the epicentre on the India-China border in the Ladakh region of the state,” Aamir Ali, Coordinator, Divisional Disaster Management Authority, said. He said the epicentre of the quake was approximately 496 km northeast of Srinagar. There was no report of any damage due to the tremor so far, he added. — TNS