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  • Gujarat: Mild tremor in Kutch, no casualty

    By PTI

    AHMEDABAD: A tremor of 3.1 magnitude hit Gujarat’s Kutch district on Sunday, but there was report of any casualty or property loss, officials said.

    The tremor was recorded at 8.38 am, with its epicentre 26 km North-North East (NNE) of Dudhai, at a depth of 9.3 km, the Gandhinagar-based Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) said in its update.

    There was no report of any casualty or damage to property, officials of the Kutch district disaster management unit said.

    Kutch, located in a ‘very high seismic zone’, over 300 km from Ahmedabad, witnesses mild tremors regularly.

    On August 21 this year, the district recorded a 4.1 magnitude earthquake, with its epicentre near Dholavira, officials earlier said.

    As per the Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority, the 2001 earthquake in Kutch was the third largest and second most destructive in India over the last two centuries, killing around 20,000 people.

     

  • Gujarat: Magnitude 4 earthquake in Kutch, no casualties reported

    By PTI

    AHMEDABAD: An earthquake of 4.0 magnitude was recorded in Gujarat’s Kutch district on Wednesday evening with its epicentre located near Rapar, an official of the Gandhinagar-based Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) said.

    No casualty or damage to property was reported, government officials said.

    Earthquake measuring 4 on Richter scale was recorded at 7.14 pm with its epicentre 25 km west-north-west (WNW) from Rapar at a depth of 6 km, the ISR official said.

    It was followed by tremors of 2.8 magnitude with the epicentre located nine km north-north-east from Dudhai in Kutch at 8.10 pm, the official added.

    Kutch district is located in a “very high-risk seismic zone,” as per the State Disaster Management Authority.

    The region had experienced a devastating earthquake in 2001.