Representational file picture of a seismograph registering a minor seismic motion
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A light depth earthquake of magnitude 2.8 — with its epicentre in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur — hit the State at 12:51 am on March 22, however no damage was reported, officers mentioned.
Earlier, tremors have been felt in nearly all components of the State round 10:17 on Tuesday evening following a 6.6 magnitude earthquake whose epicentre was in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush space at a depth of 156 km. People in Shimla, Mandi and a number of other different locations ran out of their homes in panic however no lack of life or property has been reported to date, the officers mentioned.
Tremors have been felt in all of the 12 districts of the State however no lack of life or damage to property has been reported, Special Secretary Disaster Management Sudesh Mokta had advised PTI. In the previous 24 hours, greater than 10 earthquakes have been witnessed in India and the close by area. Their magnitude was between three and 4, he added.
