Earthquake today: 3.3 magnitude tremor hits Kutch in Gujarat; no casualty

A tremor of 3.3 magnitude deed Gujarat's Kutch territory connected Monday morning, the Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) said.

No casualty oregon nonaccomplishment of spot was reported successful the territory owed to the seismic activity, officials said.

The tremor was recorded astatine 10.05 am, with its epicentre located 12 km west-south westbound of Rapar, the Gandhinagar-based ISR said.

This is the 4th tremor of much than 3 magnitude recorded successful the state's Saurashtra-Kutch portion truthful acold this month, the ISR information showed.

Earthquake hazard is precise precocious successful Gujarat. It has suffered 9 large earthquakes successful the past 200 years, arsenic per accusation provided by the Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority (GSDMA).

The 2001 Kutch earthquake was the 3rd largest and 2nd astir destructive earthquake successful India implicit the past 2 centuries, it said.

On January 26 successful 2001, Gujarat was struck by an earthquake of 6.9 magnitude with its epicentre located adjacent Bhachau successful Kutch that affected the full state.

The quake had near astir 13,800 radical dormant and different 1.67 lakh injured, arsenic per the accusation provided by the GSDMA.