Two low intensity earthquakes rattled Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh early on Monday.
The first quake, measuring 3 on the Richter scale, occurred at 5.54am. Its epicentre was at a depth of 5km in Chamba district and located 64km north-northeast of Dharamshala town.
Another quake struck at 7.53am at the same depth of the earlier jolt. The epicentre this time was again in Chamba district but located 31 km west-northwest of Dharamshala. The tremor was also felt in adjoining Kangra district.
No loss of life or damage to property was reported in the district, Chamba deputy commissioner Vivek Bhatia said.
Chamba is on the border of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
Himachal Pradesh, particularly the Chamba region, falls in the high-risk seismic zone. A major earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale had hit the region in 1904, killing more than 20,000 people.
More than 200 earthquakes of a magnitude of 4 and above have hit this region in a century.