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earthquake

The earthquake was felt widely in Jammu and Kashmir and adjoining regions

The quake struck at a depth of 6 km, 18 kilometres from Gandoh Bhalessa village in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district

The last big quake to strike South Africa was a 6.3-magnitude tremor

The earthquake hit 10 kilometers beneath the earth's surface at latitude 35.64 degrees north and longitude 76.62 degrees east

There was no immediate tsunami warning and no damage was reported on New Zealand's mainland

The waves might reach the Pacific islands of Fiji, Kiribati, Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna

Shinkansen bullet trains have been suspended between Nagano and Kanazawa

In November, a magnitude 5.6 killed at least 340 people and damaged more than 62,600 homes in part of West Java.

The earthquake was followed by at least 5 aftershocks measuring magnitude between 5.8 and 4.6.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said the quake posed no threat to Hawaii and the wider Pacific. A localised potential for a tsunami passed without any confirmed impact.