A tremor of three.2 magnitude hit Gujarat’s Kutch district on Wednesday (January 1, 2025) morning, the Institute of Seismological Analysis (ISR) mentioned.
No casualty or injury to property was reported, the district administration mentioned.
The tremor was recorded at 10.24 am, with its epicentre positioned 23 kilometres north-north east (NNE) of Bhachau, as per the Gandhinagar-based ISR.
Final month, the area recorded 4 seismic actions of greater than 3 magnitude, together with a 3.2 magnitude tremor three days in the past with its epicentre additionally near Bhachau.
A 3.7 magnitude tremor hit the district on December 23 and of three.2 magnitude on December 7, in keeping with the ISR.
On November 18 final yr, an earthquake of 4 magnitude jolted Kutch.
Earlier, on November 15, an earthquake of 4.2 magnitude hit Patan in north Gujarat, as per the ISR knowledge.
Gujarat is a excessive earthquake-risk space.
It suffered 9 main earthquakes up to now 200 years, in keeping with the information of the Gujarat State Catastrophe Administration Authority (GSDMA).
The earthquake in Kutch on January 26, 2001 was the third largest and second most harmful in India over the past two centuries, in keeping with the GSDMA.
Numerous cities and villages within the district had suffered nearly full destruction within the earthquake, which killed almost 13,800 individuals and left 1.67 lakh others injured.
Revealed – January 01, 2025 12:13 pm IST
