#earthquake | Moderate Intensity #Earthquake of Magnitude 5.5 Jolts Quake-prone Kutch Region in #Gujarat
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📸: (Kevin Antao / BCCL, Ahmedabad)
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->An #earthquake, measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale and classified as 'moderate', rocked the Kutch region of #Gujarat on Sunday evening.
-> According to the National Centre for Seismology, the quake, which occurred at 8.13 p.m., had its epicentre near the Bhachau city in Kutch district—less than 100 km from 100 km and 118 km north by northwest of Rajkot.
-> The quake was at a depth of 10 km at the epicentre. No reports of any loss of property or damage have come in yet.
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-> The #earthquake brings back the memories of the 2001 #Gujarat Earthquake that hit the Kutch area, 20 km off Bhuj. The #BhujEarthquake was said to have killed nearly 20,000 people and destroyed more than three lakh buildings.
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