Third Earthquake Rocks Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu Valley

Rocky morning in Himachal Pradesh as three medium intensity earthquakes were recorded in the Kullu region.

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• Tremors were felt for the third time on Saturday morning in Himachal Pradesh. An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale was recorded in Kullu at 9:08 am.
  
• This followed two medium intensity earthquakes that jolted the Himalayan state for nearly twenty minutes. According to National Centre of Seismology, a unit of Ministry of Earth Sciences, the first quake measuring 4.6 on Richter scale occurred at 6:44 am at a depth of 10 kilometres. The second quake measured 4.3 at Richter scale occurred at 7:05 am at the same depth.
  
• There were no immediate reports of loss life or damage to property.