{
  "id": 728965,
  "title": "5.5-Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Leh, Ladakh At Shallow 10-Km Depth; No Major Damage Reported",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/5-5-magnitude-earthquake-jolts-leh-ladakh-at-shallow-10-km-depth-no",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-13T02:31:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/55-magnitude-earthquake-jolts-leh-ladakh-at-shallow-10-km-depth-no-major-damage-reported"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Leh: An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck Leh, Ladakh, early Thursday morning, as per a statement by the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). Also Watch: The tremor occurred at around 6 AM at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres. No immediate reports of casualties or major structural damage have been reported. In a post on X, the NCS said, \"EQ of M: 5.5, On: 13/08/2026 06:05:15 IST, Lat: 36.881 N,…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}