An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 struck <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/travel/article/travel-special-why-all-roads-lead-to-ladakh-15404185" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ladakh's capital,</a> Leh, early Monday morning, reported the National Centre for Seismology (NCS).
Sharing details in a post on X, the seismic monitoring agency stated that the tremor occurred at a depth of 120 km at 8:25 AM Indian Standard Time (IST).
"EQ of M: 3.5, On: 24/08/2026 08:25:07 IST, Lat: 36.700 N, Long: 74.343 E, Depth: 120 Km, Location: Leh, Ladakh," the post read.
Hours before the Leh earthquake, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/himachal-pradesh-bus-accident-seven-killed-11-injured-near-chamba-pm-modi-condoles-deaths-23643795" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district</a> was also hit by a mild earthquake of magnitude 3.0 at 3:40 AM on Monday.
Providing details about the Chamba quake, the NCS posted, "EQ of M: 3.0, On: 24/08/2026 03:40:19 IST, Lat: 32.925 N, Long: 76.145 E, Depth: 8 Km, Location: Chamba, Himachal Pradesh."
Earlier, an <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/himachal-pradesh-3-0-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-chambal-on-friday-23644740" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">earthquake measuring 4.6 </a>on the Richter scale struck the Leh region on Sunday.
According to the NCS, Sunday's tremor was recorded at a depth of 150 km at 3:34 PM IST.
"EQ of M: 4.6, On: 23/08/2026 15:34:42 IST, Lat: 36.736 N, Long: 74.372 E, Depth: 150 Km, Location: Leh Ladakh, Ladakh," the post read.&nbsp;
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A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck Leh in Ladakh at 8:25 am on Monday, according to the National Centre for Seismology. The tremor occurred at a depth of 120 km. Earlier the same morning, a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district

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