Earthquake is shaking the India, after Bihar, Bengal, Assam and India-Myanmar border. Three medium intensity earthquakes hit the Himachal Pradesh region in the span of 20 minutes, epicenter in Kullu region of Himachal Pradesh, the devastation took place at 6:44 am, 7:05 am and 9:08 am.
As per the National Centre of Seismology, a unit of Ministry of Earth Sciences revealed the measures, the first quake on average 4.6 on Richter scale happened at 6.44 AM at an epicenter of 10 kilometers. The second quake on average 4.3 on Richter scale happened at 7.05 AM twice in the same depth. The third one happened at 9:08 that was measured at 4.2 on the Richter scale. The quake waves were enough deeper to reach Manali, Rampur, Kullu and Shimla. People felt first one for 32 seconds.
The unit also added, The epicenter of all three of the quakes was in Kullu, but felt over all around. According to seismologists , the three fall into the category of minor earthquake stroke.
There were no recent reports about the people died or injured or damage to property.
The Himalayan belt of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh are already known as the earthquake-prone regions in the whole world.
Stay tuned for more updates on this.
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