3.2 magnitude tremor hits Gujarat’s Amreli, no casualty

PTI, Feb 4, 2023, 10:35 AM IST

A tremor of 3.2 magnitudes was recorded in the Amreli district of Gujarat’s Saurashtra region on Saturday morning, but there was no report of any casualty or damage to property, officials said.

This tremor with its epicenter located at 43 km south-southeast (SSE) of Amreli town was recorded at 7.51 am, the Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) said in its latest update.

It was recorded at a depth at 3.2 km, the Gandhinagar-based institute said.

”There was no report of any casualty or damage to property due to the tremor,” an official of the district disaster management unit said.

Amreli is located around 240 km away from Ahmedabad. On January 30, an earthquake of 4.2 magnitudes was recorded in the Kutch district of Gujarat.