Moderate tremor with epicenter close to Indus valley civilization site Dholavira felt in Gujarat

Bhuj: A moderate jolt of earthquake, with intensity 3.9 at the Richter scale was felt in Kutch district of Gujarat in the wee hours today whose epicenter was close to ancient Indus valley civilization site of Dholavira.

However no loss of life or property have reported during the tremor felt at 1255am past midnight today. Its epicenter was 21 km West South-West of Dholavira, one of the prominent excavation sites of Indus valley civilization period.

Earlier on Mar 5 also a tremor of intensity 4 at the Richter scale, was felt close to Rapar in Kutch district
This year so far over 50 tremors have been felt in Gujarat most of which were centered close to Kutch/Saurashtra but only few of them were were above or equal to 4 in intensity.

The Institute of Seismological Research in Gandhinagar said that altogether 7 tremors were felt in Kutch, Sarurashtra and North Gujarat today but the other six were quite low in intensity.
The strongest jolt of 4.7 intensity this year was felt in this seismically sensitive zone on January 9 while the other one above four (4.1) was recorded on January 6.

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