India, Oct. 3 -- An earthquake of magnitude 2.1 hit Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district on Friday at 1.42am, around 5km beneath the earth's surface, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS).

Uttarakhand falls in Zone IV and Zone V of the earthquake map of India. Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, Chamoli and Rudraprayag districts, with some areas of Almora, Champawat, Tehri, Uttarkashi and Pauri district, fall in Zone V while the remaining area come under Zone IV.

Earlier in July, an earthquake of magnitude 3.2 had hit the district, which followed a 2.7 quake on January 29. On January 25, an earthquake of magnitude 2.4 hit Uttarkashi district at 5.47 am. A day earlier on January 24, two earthquakes of magnitude 2.7 and 3.5 hit Uttarkash...