Earthquake measuring 4.7 magnitude jolts Ladakh's Kargil
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An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 on the Richter scale struck Kargil in Ladakh at 3.37 am on Sunday. The quake struck 433 km north-northwest of Kargil. "An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7 on the Richter Scale hit 433km NNW of Kargil, Ladakh today at 3:37 am," said National Center for Seismology (NCS). Earlier on Thursday, another earthquake of magnitude 4.5 on the Richter scale had struck Kargil in Ladakh at 1.11 pm.