3.9 intensity tremor felt in parts of North Gujarat

Gandhinagar

Parts of north Gujarat today experienced mild tremor. According to Dr. B.K Rastogi, Director General of Gandhinagar based Institute of Seismological Research it was a mild tremor measuring 3.9 on richter scale.

Dr. Rastogi added that there’s no major faultline in this area and therefore there’s no reason to worry. He said tremor was particularly felt around Khedbrahma in Sabarkantha district of north Gujarat. He said equipments are deployed at nearby Dharoi dam and at other places and epicenter will be known soon.

Mild tremor was felt in Sabarkantha and Banaskantha districts of north Gujarat post 3.00 pm. In Sabarkantha, people came out of their house as soon as the felt tremor for around 15 seconds. There are no reports of any damage to property.

PTI report:

An earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale was felt in various parts of North Gujarat’s Mehsana, Sabarkantha and Banaskantha districts.

“A tremor measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale was felt this afternoon in Sabarkantha, Banaskantha and Mehsana districts of Northern Gujarat today,” Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) Director General Gujarat B K Rastogi told PTI.

“Mild tremors were felt for a couple of seconds mainly in Khedbrahma town of Banaskantha district and in neighbouring district of Sabarkantha also,” Rastogi said.

The epicentre of the tremor was some 15 km west-south-west from the ISR’s station at Dharoi village in Mehsana district, he said, adding that no damage was reported due to the tremor.

There is no probability of big damage in such a mild tremor, besides there is no big faultline in this (northern) part of the state. Hence there are least chances of a big earthquake in North Gujarat, Rastogi said.

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