A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck Gujarat’s Kutch district early on Friday, causing panic among residents, although there were no reports of casualties or damage to property. Officials gave this information. Gandhinagar-based Institute of Geological Research (ISR) said that the earthquake was recorded at 4:30 am and its epicenter was about 22 km west northwest of Rapar in Kutch district.
ISR said that after the earthquake, two more aftershocks of magnitude 2.5 and 3 were felt in the same area. Kutch District Disaster Management Officer said that there was no report of any casualty or damage to property. Dr. Geologist of Department of Geology of University of Kutch. Gaurav Chauhan said that the epicenter of the 4.6-magnitude earthquake near Rapar was located on the North Wagar fault line and its epicenter was recorded at a depth of five kilometers. He said, “Because of the low depth of the epicenter of the earthquake, its impact was greater.
After this earthquake, 17 small and large aftershocks were recorded at a depth of 10-20 kilometers until 12 noon.” A local leader of Wagar said that people woke up from their sleep due to the earthquake. He said that this brought back memories of the devastating earthquake of 2001. The 2001 Kutch earthquake was the third largest and second most destructive earthquake to hit India in the last two centuries. In this, many towns and villages of the district were almost completely destroyed. About 13,800 people died and 1.67 lakh people were injured in this earthquake.