# Magnitude 4.2 earthquake hits Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi, no damage 2026-10-10T16:37:01+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 on the Richter scale struck Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district on Saturday, 10 October 2026, the National Center for Seismology said. Hindustan Times reports that the earthquake occurred at around 7:30 pm with its epicentre in Uttarkashi at a depth of 11 kilometres. CNBC TV18 reports the time as 8:07 pm and places the epicentre two kilometres northwest of Uttarkashi, also at a depth of 11 kilometres. No damage has been reported so far, officials said. CNBC TV18 added that people rushed out of their homes in panic and that officials of the Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority confirmed no reports of damage. The tremor follows a 4.9 magnitude earthquake that struck Chamoli district on 6 October. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both Hindustan Times and CNBC TV18 deliver neutral wire-style reporting with no discernible slant. The only divergence is a minor discrepancy in the exact time and epicentre location: Hindustan Times cites 7:30 pm and ‘Uttarkashi’, while CNBC TV18 cites 8:07 pm and ‘two kilometres northwest of Uttarkashi’. Both sources attribute their data to the National Center for Seismology and report no damage. Neither outlet frames the event politically or sensationalises it. The balanced reading is that a moderate earthquake occurred without harm, and authorities continue to monitor the region after the Chamoli tremor earlier in October. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - hindustantimes.com (neutral report) Straight factual reporting from seismology agency data - cnbctv18.com (neutral report) Factual reporting with minor additional detail on panic This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: earthquake, National Center for Seismology, Uttarakhand, Uttarkashi Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/magnitude-4-2-earthquake-hits-uttarakhands-uttarkashi-no-damage/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/magnitude-4-2-earthquake-hits-uttarakhands-uttarkashi-no-damage/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/