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India Records Magnitude 4.9 Earthquake in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli

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Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of an archival 2006 view of Mana village in Chamoli district, with a river along the left, hillside buildings and rocky Himalayan peaks beneath clouds; contextual landscape, not a depiction of the October 2026 earthquake or damage, rendered in warm ochre and slate-blue pastel strokes.

India’s National Center for Seismology recorded a magnitude 4.9 earthquake in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, at 22:23:13 Indian Standard Time on October 6. The reviewed event record gives a depth of 13 kilometres and an epicentre at latitude 30.103 north and longitude 79.561 east. The centre places the epicentre 282 kilometres northeast of New Delhi and 273 kilometres northeast of Noida. It also lists the location as 275 kilometres east-southeast of Chandigarh. The centre is part of India’s Ministry of Earth Sciences.

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