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5.5 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Leh, Ladakh

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 struck near Leh in Ladakh at 6:05 am on Thursday. According to the National Center for Seismology, the tremor occurred at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres. No casualties or significant structural damages have been reported following the event.

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Leh, Ladakh, India
File photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Happened

An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale occurred in Leh, Ladakh, on Thursday morning. The National Center for Seismology recorded the seismic activity at 6:05 am, noting that the epicentre was located at a depth of 10 kilometres below the surface.

Local reports indicate that the tremor caused alarm among residents, leading some to evacuate their homes. As of the latest updates, authorities have not reported any injuries or major structural damage resulting from the earthquake.

Key Facts

  1. The earthquake had a magnitude of 5.5.
  2. The tremor occurred at 6:05 am on Thursday.
  3. The epicentre was at a depth of 10 kilometres.
  4. No casualties or major damages have been reported.

The Timeline8

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Where This Is Being Covered5 languages

Languages

Newsrooms carrying this story, by publication language.

  • English4 outlets
  • Teluguతెలుగు1 outlet
  • Urduاردو1 outlet
  • Odiaଓଡ଼ିଆ1 outlet
  • Assameseঅসমীয়া1 outlet

Regional reach

States where a local newsroom is carrying this. National mastheads and wire agencies circulate everywhere and are counted separately, not drawn on the map.

Jammu & Kashmir: No local newsroomLadakh: No local newsroomPunjab: No local newsroomChandigarh: No local newsroomHimachal Pradesh: No local newsroomUttarakhand: No local newsroomHaryana: No local newsroomDelhi NCR: Qaumi AwazUttar Pradesh: Qaumi AwazRajasthan: No local newsroomGujarat: No local newsroomDadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu: No local newsroomMaharashtra: No local newsroomGoa: No local newsroomMadhya Pradesh: No local newsroomChhattisgarh: No local newsroomBihar: Qaumi AwazJharkhand: No local newsroomWest Bengal: No local newsroomOdisha: SambadSikkim: No local newsroomArunachal Pradesh: No local newsroomAssam: Asomiya PratidinNagaland: No local newsroomMeghalaya: No local newsroomManipur: No local newsroomTripura: No local newsroomMizoram: No local newsroomTelangana: Namasthe TelanganaKarnataka: No local newsroomAndhra Pradesh: No local newsroomKerala: No local newsroomTamil Nadu: No local newsroomPuducherry: No local newsroomLakshadweep: No local newsroomAndaman & Nicobar: No local newsroom
  • No local newsroom
  • 1 outlet
  • 2 or more

6 states with local coverage. Spread across the country, with no regional concentration. Also carried by 4 national mastheads.

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