Earthquake of 5.8 magnitude hits Gujarat's Rajkot; tremors felt in Kutch, Saurashtra and Ahmedabad

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An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck Gujarat's Rajkot at 8:13 pm on Sunday, reported National Center for Seismology (NCS).

 

 

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck Gujarat's Rajkot at 8:13 pm on Sunday, reported National Center for Seismology (NCS). The epicenter of the earthquake is 122 km north-northwest (NNW) of the city. The intensity of the earthquake was so strong that tremors were felt in the entire region of Kutch, Saurashtra, and Ahmedabad. 

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Tremors were felt in Gujarat on Sunday evening. According to a preliminary statement by the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) concurred.

Concerned agencies confirmed that an earthquake of magnitude 5.5 occurred at 8:13 PM on June 14 at a depth of 10 km in Gujarat's Kutch district approximately 120 km from Rajkot. The latitude and longitude of the epicentre have been verified as 23.3 N and 70.4 E respectively.

More details are awaited as this is a developing story.

Gujarat has witnessed three major earthquakes in the past with the most devastating in 2001, another in Anjar in 1956 and the third in 1918 in the Rann of Kutch.

As per reports, the earthquake that struck Gujarat on January 26, 2001, measured 6.9 on the Richter scale and lasted for a little over 100 seconds. In fact, tremors of this quake were also felt in parts of northern India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan.

Over the past three months, nearly a dozen low-intensity earthquakes have been recorded in the national capital. Director of the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) BK Bansal recently told media outlets earlier this week that this was not unusual given the seismic history of Delhi. The same was asserted by a note from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

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Gujarat: People come out of their houses in Ahmedabad following tremors in the state; visuals from Prahlad Nagar area in the city. National Center for Seismology (NCS) has ascertained that magnitude of the earthquake was 5.5 on the Richter scale.

 

 

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