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Earthquake of magnitude 3.5 strikes J-K's Kupwara
ANI | August 21, 2025 9:00 PM CST

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A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir, on Thursday afternoon at a depth of 5 kilometers, according to the National Center for Seismology. Earlier, Chamba in Himachal Pradesh experienced two earthquakes on Wednesday. These quakes measured 4.0 and 3.3 in magnitude, occurring at depths of 10 and 20 kilometers respectively.

Earthquake of magnitude 3.5 strikes J-K's Kupwara
An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 struck Jammu and Kashmir's (J-K) Kupwara district on Thursday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.

This earthquake occured at 01:39 PM, with a depth of 5 kilometres.

https://x.com/NCS_Earthquake/status/1958444352944173183

"EQ of M: 3.5, On: 21/08/2025 13:41:33 IST, Lat: 34.68 N, Long: 74.39 E, Depth: 5 Km, Location: Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir," the NCS said in a post on X.

More details are awaited.

Earlier, two earthquakes jolted Himachal Pradesh's Chamba on Wednesday.

The latest earthquake was of 4.0 magnitude on the Richter Scale at 04:39:45 IST, with a depth of 10 Kilometres.

"EQ of M: 4.0, On: 20/08/2025 04:39:45 IST, Lat: 32.71 N, Long: 76.11 E, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Chamba, Himachal Pradesh," the NCS posted on X.

Another earthquake of magnitude 3.3 struck Chamba at 03:27:09 IST with a depth of 20 Kilometres.

"EQ of M: 3.3, On: 20/08/2025 03:27:09 IST, Lat: 32.87 N, Long: 76.09 E, Depth: 20 Km, Location: Chamba, Himachal Pradesh," NCS said in another post on X.


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