Earthquake of 2.0 magnitude strikes Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh

Jolted by the tremors during the wee hours, people rushed out of their houses in Pithoragarh along the Indo-Nepal border. The district falls under the zone 5 category in the Earthquake Zoning Map of India.

Pithoragarh: An earthquake with a magnitude 2.0 on the Richter scale hit Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand at 1:45 am on Wednesday. Fortunately, there was no loss of life or property has been reported so far due to the earthquake. The quake woke up the locals who ran out of their homes to safety. Eventually, they went back to their homes after a while.

Pithoragarh district, located on the Nepal border, is mapped in zone five category of Earthquake Zoning Map of India. According to Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority, the entire Himalayan terrain falls in Zone V and Zone IV of Earthquake Zoning Map of India that divides the Indian landmass into four distinct risk zones; Zone II to Zone V.