Mild earthquake hits Himachal | No loss of life and property reported

Shimla: A mild earthquake hit Chamba region of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday morning. No loss of life or damage to property was reported.

The same region of the state has witnessed quake for three consecutive days last month, a weather official said on Thursday.

"An earthquake measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale was recorded at 11.26 p.m. last night (Wednesday)," local Meteorological Office Director Manmohan Singh said.

Singh said the epicentre of the quake was Chamba region, bordering Jammu and Kashmir.

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Six mild quakes hit Chamba for three days simultaneously from May 19, two on each day, triggering panic among the people.

Himachal Pradesh had suffered the most devastating earthquake in 1905 in the Kangra valley, killing more than 20,000 people.