A 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Tuesday night, with tremors reported across Delhi-NCR, according to the National Centre for Seismology.
EQ of M: 4.9, On: 06/10/2026 22:23:13 IST, Lat: 30.103 N, Long: 79.561 E, Depth: 13 Km, Location: Chamoli, Uttarakhand.
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The earthquake occurred at 10:23:23 pm IST at a depth of 13 kilometres. The NCS said the epicentre was located 50 kilometres south of Joshimath in Uttarakhand.
The latest tremor came after a 4.5-magnitude earthquake hit Assam’s Nagaon district earlier on Tuesday. That quake was recorded at 4:23:47 am IST at a depth of 33 kilometres. Its epicentre was located at latitude 26.428 North and longitude 93.060 East, according to the NCS.
Another earthquake was reported in Himachal Pradesh’s Una on October 5. The tremor, measuring 2.5 on the Richter scale, occurred at 11:48:35 pm IST at a depth of nine kilometres.
The NCS placed the Una earthquake’s epicentre at latitude 31.618 North and longitude 76.301 East.
The recent earthquakes were reported across Uttarakhand, Assam and Himachal Pradesh, with the Chamoli tremor also being felt in the Delhi-NCR region.
