Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district has been shaken up over the past week by a series of tremors going up to nine in just six days. The initial five quakes hit between January 24 and 25, causing Himalayan rocks to tumble from the landslide-prone Varunavat hills. These jolts were mild with magnitude between two and three on the Richter scale, however, the struck panic among locals who could not sit still in their homes. Uttarkashi shakes up with successive tremors, 9 jolts in 6 days trigger panic among locals
Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district has been shaken up over the past week by a series of tremors going up to nine in just six days. The initial five quakes hit between January 24 and 25, causing Himalayan rocks to tumble from the landslide-prone Varunavat hills. These jolts were mild with magnitude between two and three on the Richter scale, however, the struck panic among locals who could not sit still in their homes. 
