Ahmedabad: Two tremors of three.8 and 3.3 magnitude hit Gujarat’s Kutch and Amreli districts respectively on Monday, officers from the Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) mentioned. There was no report of any casualty or property injury, as per the district authorities. A tremor of three.8 magnitude was recorded at 10.49 am in Kutch district. Its epicentre was 62 km north-north east of Lakhpat city in Kutch, at a depth of 15 km, they mentioned.
Another tremor of 3.3 magnitude was recorded close to Mitiyala village in Amreli district at 1.42 am on Monday, at a depth of seven.1 km, the officers from the Gandhinagar-based ISR mentioned. This was the fifth tremor in Amreli in the final one week in the depth vary of three.1 to three.4, they mentioned.
Amreli district, positioned in the Saurashtra area, has been witnessing an earthquake swarm occasion, as in final two years it has recorded round 400 delicate tremors, as per officers.
A swarm is a sequence of principally small earthquakes, that are normally short-lived, however they will proceed for days, weeks, or generally even months and sometimes recur on the similar areas.
Kutch district skilled a devastating earthquake in January 2001 in which 13,800 folks have been killed and one other 1.67 lakh have been injured. The earthquake had induced extreme injury to properties in numerous cities and villages of the district.
