Earthquake of 3.0 magnitude strikes Gujarat’s Kutch

Tremors were felt in Gujarat’s Kutch district after 3.0-magnitude earthquake struck an isolated spot near the Indo-Pakistan international border on Friday morning, official sources said.

According to Gandhinagar-based Institute of Seismological Research (ISR), the seismic activity, that took place 12.16 am, was epicentred at 35 kilometres North-North-West from Khavda at a depth of 10 kilometres.

This is the second significant seismic activity to be recorded in the Kutch region this month. On July 3, a tremor of 3.4-magnitude earthquake had shook Rapar. The epicentre of the quake lay just a few kilometres away from Chobari village, which was also the epicentre of the devastating earthquake of 2001.