Light mag. 3.0 earthquake - 14 km north of Rohru, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India, on Friday, May 20, 2022 at 2:22 pm (GMT +5:30) -
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Light magnitude 3.0 earthquake at 5 km depth
20 May 08:59 UTC: First to report: NCS after 7 minutes.
20 May 09:15: Magnitude recalculated from 3.5 to 3.0. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 5.0 km (from 6.2 to 3.1 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 39 km (24 mi) towards W.
20 May 09:15: Magnitude recalculated from 3.5 to 3.0. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 5.0 km (from 6.2 to 3.1 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 39 km (24 mi) towards W.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 20, 2022 08:52:10 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Friday, May 20, 2022 at 2:22 pm (GMT +5:30) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3 |
| Depth | 5.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 31.32°N / 77.81°E  (Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India) |
| Antipode | 31.32°S / 102.19°W |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | NCS (National Center for Seismology) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 14 km (9 mi) NNE of Rohru (Shimla) (pop: 8,160) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 21 km (13 mi) S of Sarāhan (pop: 1,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 22 km (14 mi) SE of Rāmpur (Shimla) (pop: 6,210) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 66 km (41 mi) ENE of Shimla (pop: 173,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 81 km (50 mi) NE of Solan (pop: 40,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 113 km (70 mi) N of Dehradun (Uttarakhand) (pop: 522,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 117 km (73 mi) NE of Chandigarh (pop: 960,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 304 km (189 mi) N of New Delhi (pop: 317,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Overcast Clouds  4°C (39 F), humidity: 64%, wind: 4 m/s (8 kts) from ENE |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 2 x 109 joules (554 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.477 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.0 | 5 km | India: Shimla, Himachal Pradesh | NCS |
| 3.0 | 5 km | HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIA | EMSC |
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