An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale hit Rajkot in Gujarat at 7:40 am on Thursday, National Center for Seismology said.
Ahmedabad: An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale hit Rajkot in Gujarat at 7:40 am on Thursday, National Center for Seismology said. The epicenter of the quake was 22 km southwest of Rajkot, consistent with the NCS. The quake hit at a depth of quite 10 kilometers.
This is the second quake to hit the western state this month. On July 5, a 4.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded with its epicenter around 14 km from Bhachau in Kutch district of Gujarat.
Two more earthquakes were reported from different parts of the country today.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 on the Richter scale hit Karimganj in Assam at 7:57 am today, the government’s nodal agency for monitoring seismic activity said.
Earlier within the day, a low-intensity earthquake measuring 2.3 on the Richter scale hit Una in Himachal Pradesh at 4:47 am today, the National Center for Seismology said.
Notably, Kutch district is taken into account to be a “very high risk” seismic zone. A 5.3 magnitude earthquake had jolted several parts of Saurashtra region on Flag Day.
Gujarat had suffered large scale destruction in 2001 when a high-intensity quake had hit the western state.
