Dharamsala, August 29, 2013: A slight intensity earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale on Thursday shook many places of Punjab and Kangra valley in Himachal.
Tremors were felt in Dharamsala, Kangra, Hamirpur, Una, Hoshiarpur, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Gurdaspur districts at 3.43 pm and lasted for a few seconds, the MeT Department said.
There were no immediate reports of any loss of life or property. The epicentre of the quake was in the Hoshiarpur-Himachal Pradesh border region, they said.
Date:
Thursday, August 29, 2013