Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes Indian Kashmir – EMSC

(Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck near Indian-ruled Kashmir on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.

The quake struck 23 km (14 miles) southwest of Padam, in northern India at a depth of 35 km, EMSC said.

(Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru; Editing by Alex Richardson)