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Updated: Sep 09, 2019 14:29 IST

An earthquake measuring up to 5.0 magnitude hit Jammu and Kashmir - Himachal Pradesh (Chamba) Border Region at 12:10 PM today, reported news agency ANI. No loss of life or property has been reported so far.

This is the second earthquake to occur in the same region within a span of 24 hours as Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir were jolted by an earthquake of similar intensity on Sunday.

The earthquake on Monday at 12:10 pm was followed by two medium intensity earthquakes, according to the India Meteorological Department’s data, out which the first occurred at 12:40 pm and the second occurred at 12:57 pm of magnitude 3.2 and 2.7 respectively.