Tremors felt in Kutch, no harm done

Gandhinagar: Tremors were felt in and around Kutch district of Gujarat today of which the strongest was of moderate intensity of 4.2 on the Richter scale, however no loss of life or property has been reported owing the earthquake.

According to the information received from the Institute of Seismological Research here, at least 3 tremors were felt today. The one with 4.2 intensity was felt at 1051 am and had its epicenter 15 km South South-West from Rapar. The other two were of of lighter intensities at 2.8 and 1.6 on the Richter scale and were felt and centered respectively at 1029 am, 20 km WSW from Rapar and 0756am 8 km SSW from Rapar, Kachchh.

Notably altogether 26 jolts mostly of lighter intensity have so far been felt in Gujarat (almost all in seismologically sensitive Kutch and Suarashtra regions ) since December 1 last. A total of around 80 such tremors have been felt in the state this calendar year so far.

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.

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