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A light
earthquake (M4.0-4.9 termed as light) struck
Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh near the villages of Chirgaon
and Khashdhar, along the Himachal-Uttarakhand border, on 28
May
2010 at 12:55 PM local time. It had a magnitude of Mb=4.8
and was felt in several parts of Himachal Pradesh
and possibly in adjacent parts of Uttarakhand.
If you felt this earthquake, please let us
know!
The earthquake was centred
2 kms S of Chirgaon (Himachal Pradesh), India,
11.3 kms E of Rohru (Himachal Pradesh), India,
15 kms ENE of Hatkoti (Himachal Pradesh), India,
39.5 kms ESE of Narkanda (Himachal Pradesh), India,
52.6 kms SW of Reckong Peo (Himachal Pradesh), India,
54.8 kms NW of Barkot (Uttarakhand), India,
68 kms ENE of Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), India,
75.6 kms NW of Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand), India,
99.4 kms NNW of Ghantaghar, Dehradun (Uttarakhand), India,
110 kms SE of Kullu (Himachal Pradesh), India,
114 kms ENE of Punjab & Haryana Secretariat (Chandigarh), India.
This earthquake was
strongly in the Paddar Valley to the east of the state capital,
Shimla. Many people ran outdoors at Jubbal Kotkahi where the
'quake was felt for close to 10-seconds. Severe tremors were felt
in Chirgaon, Dodra, Kwar, Rohru and the adjoining areas sending
people running outdoors in panic. Tremors were also experienced at Kumarsen, Narkhanda and in the adjoining villages
as well as in the Rampur Bashahr and Siraj regions. The earthquake
was also felt in Mandi and Solan. In the Kangra Valley, people
went outdoors. A felt report
received from Bahli said the earthquake was strongly felt and
shook furniture and free standing objects without causing any
material damage. Mild tremors were also felt in Shimla. There
have been no reports of damage or casualties as a result of this
earthquake.
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References
01)
National
Earthquake Information Centre (PDE),
Golden, USA.
02) India Meteorological Department (IMD),
Delhi, India.
03)
Macroseismic information has been compiled by
the ASC from reports by local media and local NGO personnel.
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