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Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand): An earthquake of magnitude 3.0 jolted Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district on Monday, according to the National Center for Seismology (NSC). According to NCS, the earthquake occurred at 8.35 am on Monday at a depth of 5 km.
"Earthquake of Magnitude:3.0, Occurred on 25-09-2023, 08:35:54 IST, Lat: 31.07 &amp; Long: 77.98, Depth: 5 Km ,Location: Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India," NCS said in a post on X. Mild earthquakes measuring 2.8 and 2.1 on the Richter Scale struck Himachal Pradesh's Mandi and Chamba districts earlier last week, as per the India Meteorological Department (IMD) data.
—ANI

An earthquake of magnitude 3.0 jolted Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district on Monday, according to the National Center for Seismology (NSC).

Earthquake of magnitude 3.0 hits Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi

Uttarkashi (The Hawk): Heavy snowfall on Friday over the avalanche-hit site near the 'Draupadi ka Danda' peak hampered search efforts for the three missing mountaineers.
According to the NIM, 29 members of a team from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering went missing after an avalanche hit them on their way back from the summit.
Twenty-six bodies have since been recovered, with three still unaccounted for.
Four of the twenty-six bodies recovered thus far have already been returned to their families. Efforts are being made to bring the rest down.
With weather conditions impeding search efforts, relatives who have travelled to Uttarkashi from all over the country are growing impatient.
Aerial rescue operations will resume only when the weather improves, according to District Disaster Management Officer Devendra Patwal.

Heavy snowfall on Friday over the avalanche-hit site near the 'Draupadi ka Danda' peak hampered search efforts for the three missing mountaineers.

Bad weather hinders rescue efforts in the Uttarkashi avalanche

Bad weather hinders rescue efforts in the Uttarkashi avalanche.

Gangotri: Incessant rains threw normal life out of gear in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district on Thursday, triggering landslides which blocked the Gangotri National Highway besides 14 rural roads.With boulders rolling down intermittently from the hills, the Gangotri national highway is blocked near Bandarkot, District Disaster Management Officer Devendra Patwal said.Besides the highway leading to the Himalayan temple, 14 rural roads are also blocked by mounds of debris brought on to the roads by landslides, he said. It has been raining continuously in the district since Wednesday evening.&nbsp;—PTI

Incessant rains threw normal life out of gear in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district on Thursday, triggering landslides which blocked the Gangotri National Highway besides 14 rural roads.


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