5.3-magnitude earthquake shakes parts of Gujarat

Gujarat experienced 5.5 magnitude earthquake on Sunday, with its epicentre near Bhachau in Kutch.

A preliminary statement by the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said the quake occurred at 8.13 p.m. at a depth of 10 km in Kutch district, approximately 120 km from Rajkot.

According to the map on the NCS website, the quake struck around 85 km from Bhuj, the site of a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake on January 26, 2001 that reportedly killed over 20,000 people and left over 1.5 lakh injured in Gujarat. The latitude and longitude of the epicentre have been verified as 23.3 N and 70.4 E respectively.

Moderate to strong tremors were felt in large parts of the State, including Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Morbi, Kutch, Jamnagar and the north Gujarat region. In Ahmedabad, people came out of high rise flats following tremors.