Tremors were once again felt in the Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh, causing fresh concerns among residents. The seismic activity was recorded on Friday morning at exactly 10 hours and 11 minutes. According to data from the National Center for Seismology, the magnitude of this tremor was measured at 3.2 on the Richter scale. Authorities and local officials confirmed that no injuries or damage to property have been reported so far from the affected area.
Sharing his experience of the natural event, local resident Indrajeet Singh Bhanu wrote on social media that he suddenly felt everything shaking around him.
Third tremor within seventy-two hours
This recent event marks the third time the ground has shaken across Himachal Pradesh within a span of just 72 hours. Earlier on the night of November 11, a stronger earthquake jolted the Shimla district with a measured magnitude of 3.9. Those earlier tremors were prominently felt in outlying areas including Jubbal and Rohru. Data released by the National Center for Seismology indicated that the nighttime event occurred at approximately 21 hours and 50 minutes, originating from a focal depth of 10 kilometers beneath the earth's surface.
The sudden shaking, which lasted for several seconds, startled residents in Jubbal and Rohru, located roughly 90 to 110 kilometers away from the state capital. The geographic coordinates for that epicenter were recorded at 31.118 degrees north latitude and 78.00 degrees east longitude within Shimla district. The State Disaster Management Authority had confirmed following that event that no casualties or material losses occurred across the region.
High vulnerability across the hill state
Geologically, the entire state of Himachal Pradesh falls under high-risk seismic zones four and five. Months prior, the Bureau of Indian Standards had proposed a revised seismic zoning map that recommended placing the entire state into an even higher risk category designated as zone six. However, the central government subsequently withdrew that proposed reclassification and maintained the existing standard seismic zones for the region.
