Earthquake tremors were felt in Himachal Pradesh Chamba at around 3.51 pm on Saturday afternoon. Its intensity was measured at 3.2 on the Richter scale. According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), its depth underground was 5 kilometers.
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Till now there has been no report of any loss of life or property due to this. People who felt the tremors came out of their homes. However, due to the low intensity of the tremors, most people could not feel them. Most of the areas of Chamba district fall in Zone 5, which is very sensitive from earthquake point of view. That is why earthquake tremors are felt here again and again.
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Now know why earthquake occurs? The earth’s surface is mainly made up of 7 big and many small tectonic plates. These plates keep floating continuously and sometimes collide with each other. Many times, due to collision, the corners of the plates bend and when there is too much pressure, these plates start breaking. In such a situation, the energy released from below finds a way out and after this disturbance an earthquake occurs.