A strong earthquake of 6.2 degrees on the Richter scale shook Indian- controlled Kashmir and its adjoining areas early Friday morning, forcing people to run out of their houses.

"The tremors panicked us and everyone came out rushing from the building," said Burhan Majeed a Srinagar resident.

According to the Disaster Management officials in Srinagar, the summer capital of India-controlled Kashmir, the earthquake occurred at 01:15 local time (1945 GMT).

The epicenter of the earthquake was in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region, located at 36.5 degrees North Latitude and 71.2 degrees East Longitude, said an official at Disaster Management office in Srinagar.

So far, no loss of life or property has been reported from any part of the region, he said.

Geologists say India-controlled Kashmir is located in a zone of high seismic activity.

Srinagar falls in Seismic Zone-V and other parts of India- controlled Kashmir in Seismic Zone IV.

A high intensity quake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale with its epicenter in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir shook the region on Oct. 8, 2005, causing large scale destruction killing 80,000 people.