4.3 magnitude quake recorder in Maha's Gadchiroli


Nagpur, Oct 31 (IANS): An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale shook Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district on Sunday evening.

The quake, at a depth of 20 km, was felt at 6.48 p.m., the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said.

"Gadchiroli falls in seismic zone III and the quake of such magnitude is not very unusual or unexpected," former NCS chief A.K. Shukla told IANS.

"The location of the quake is near Godavari Valley fault system. Zone III can have an earthquake of maximum magnitude 5," he added.

Initial reports said the tremors were felt in Sironcha district at Jaffrabad Chak near Maharashtra-Telangana border along the Pranhita river. Other places that felt mild tremors were Aheri and Ashti in Gadchiroli.

 

  

Top Stories


Leave a Comment

Title: 4.3 magnitude quake recorder in Maha's Gadchiroli



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.