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Twin earthquakes jolt Himachal’s Chamba, no damage reported

Chamba, Aug 20 (UNI) Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district experienced two mild earthquakes early this morning, spreading panic among residents already reeling under harsh weather conditions.
According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the first tremor struck at 3:27 am with a magnitude of 3.3 on the Richter scale at a depth of 20 kilometers.
Barely an hour later, at 4:39 am, another quake of magnitude 4.0 occurred at a shallower depth of 10 kilometers.
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