Nearly 210 people including 21 Indian solider were killed and over 600 others injured Saturday in Indian-controlled Kashmir in a 7.6-magnitude earthquake, local Indian official said.

More than 500 houses were also collapsed in different parts of India-controlled Kashmir, said Vijay Bakaya,a senior officer of the local government, in a press conference in Srinagar, summer capital of India-controlled Kashmir.

Reports from Baramulla and nearby areas said that nearly 20 people have died there. According to NDTV, 500 people were injured there and Baramulla town has been shut down.

The worst affected area was Uri near the Line of Control where nearly 200 houses collapsed and two buses with passengers on board fell into gorge.

The earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale with the epicenter in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir shook Pakistan, north India and Afghanistan at about 9:25 am Saturday.

State governments law minister Muzzaffar Hussain Beigh said the government is taking every steps to provide medical facilities to the victims.

The tremors were also felt in Delhi, western Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and in Ahmedabad.

Source: Xinhua