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School building, five houses damaged in J-K quake

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Press Trust of India Srinagar
Six structures, including a school building, in south Kashmir's Anantnag district have suffered damages due to an earthquake, police said today.

Five houses and a building of Government Middle School in the Ahlan Bala area of Kokernag were damaged due to tremors yesterday, they said.

However, there was no casualty in the incident.

Two persons were killed and 69, including 32 students, were injured and scores of buildings damaged when an earthquake of moderate intensity shook parts of Jammu and Kashmir yesterday.

The twin districts of Kishtwar and Doda in Jammu region were the hardest hit where nearly 400 structures, including schools, hospitals and houses, developed cracks.

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First Published: May 02 2013 | 6:30 PM IST

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