Over half a dozen mild tremors in Kutch and Saurashtra today

Gandhinagar

Following a moderate jolt of earthquake in Kutch district yesterday over half a dozen mild tremors were felt in Kutch-Saurashtra region of the state today.

According to the information received from the Institute of Seismological Research, Gandhinagar, the first tremor with magnitude 1.4 was recorded at 0412 hrs with epicenter at 8 km North North-West of Bhachau in Kutch.

The other tremors were recorded as following (time-intensity on Richter scale- Location of epicenter )-

0440 hrs- 2.1, 14 km North-NorthWest of Dudhai (Kutch)
0701 hrs- 1.3- 19 km West- Northwest of Rapar (Kutch)
0833hrs- 1.7 – 29 km South-South West from Surendranagar
1309 hrs- 1.8- 33 km South-South West from Surendranagar
1421hrs- 1.8- 34 km South-South West from Surendranagar
1436 hrs- 25 km South-South West from Surendranagar

The intensity of the sole tremor yesterday was 3.9 and was recorded at around 0946 hrs.

Kutch ,which has seen a very devastating earthquake in 2001, is situated in high risk seismic zone 5 while some parts of Suarashtra including Jamnagar, Devbhumi Dwarka and Morbi are in seismic zone 4.

– DeshGujarat