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A
moderate earthquake struck the Koyna
region in Maharashtra, India, on 5
September 2000 at 06:02 AM local time resulting in some damage to
property in the districts of Kolhapur, Pune, Ratnagiri, Satara and
Sangli in Maharashtra. It had a magnitude of
Mw=5.2 and was felt for close to 47-seconds in
the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Goa.
The earthquake
was centred 7.4
kilometres SE of Helwak (Maharashtra), India,
12.1 kilometres WSW of Patan (Maharashtra),
India,
35.6 kilometres SE of Chiplun (Maharashtra),
India,
40.9 kilometres WNW of Karad (Maharashtra),
India,
65.1 kilometres NE of Ratnagiri (Maharashtra), India,
83.9 kilometres NW of Kolhapur (Maharashtra),
India,
133 kilometres SSW of Sangam, Pune (Maharashtra), India,
220 kilometres SSE of Santa Cruz Airport, Mumbai (Maharashtra),
India.
Damage from the
tremor was considerable in areas surrounding the epicentre in
Sangli District and the border region of the districts of Kolhapur
and Satara. In the Chandoli area some
7-10 houses were damaged. Most of the damage was concentrated in
south-western Satara district. In Patan taluka several villages
were badly damaged. Wall collapses were
reported from Humbarli, Kakisare, Kasani, Khanderwale, Raule,
Sanbur, Shirshinge as well as at Bhave, Ghot, Kushi and Zalar in
the Tonale area, at Gawliwada near Kakisare and
at
Kusrud in the Murna area. While other damage occurred at
Gadhavkhop, Helwak, as well as at Chavanwadi, Dhebewadi and
Virewadi in the Chaphal area and at Ambegarh and Nihimbe in the
Koyna area.
In the Warna dam area,
6 houses were damaged. Building No. 4 in the Warna Dam Project was
damaged. The strong motion accelerograph at the Koyna Dam recorded
an average peak acceleration of 0.13g. In the north-western part
of Kolhapur District, in Shahuwadi taluka, wall
collapses were reported from the villages of Dhakale,
Dhanagarwade, Sonali and Man while in
the Bhudargadh taluka, some houses developed
cracks.
In the city of Sangli,
people fled into the open. In many instances, household articles
like kitchen utensils fell down. Strong tremors
were felt at Satara, Karad,
Mahabaleshwar, Patan and Koyna. People took to the streets in panic
and stayed there for a couple of hours as scores of aftershocks
followed. In Karad, glass windows of several new constructions were
broken. In Kolhapur district the shock was felt for around 30
seconds. In Kolhapur city, people rushed
onto the streets after feeling the quake. In Pune district,
the earthquake was felt for around
15-20 seconds. It was felt strongly in Pune, Bhor, Manchar and Yavat.
In Pune, several people rushed into the open after feeling the
tremor. It was felt at Katraj, Vishtranwadi, Yerwada, Nagar Road,
Hadapsar, Parvati, Camp, Kothrud, Shankarshet Road and Bund Garden
areas; mostly by people living in
medium-high-rise apartment buildings. At
Bhor, the roofs of "pendols" for the Ganesh Festival constructed of
tin sheets were heard rattling. At Yavat,
in Daund taluka it was felt for 24-seconds
and the wall of a house was cracked. The most significant damage in
Pune district was at Jejuri, in the southern part of the district.
Several stones fell from a minaret (or a lamp tower) in the Khandoba
Temple. This structure is nearly 300 years old. Another minaret was
slightly damaged.
In Solapur district the shocks felt were of mild to moderate
intensity. They were felt throughout the district. In Solapur, the
quake was felt in Sakhar Peth, Manik Chowk, Jodbahvi Peth, Mangalwar
Peth, Pachya Peth and Lashkar areas. It was also felt
at Mohol, Pandharpur and Akalkot. Tremors
were felt strongly in these two coastal districts of Ratnagiri and
Sindhudurg. The section of railway between Koranjade and Kudal was
closed temporarily as safety checks were carried out on the rails,
tunnels and bridges by KRC engineers. No landslides were reported.
Trains running on the Konkan Railway were delayed due to the quake
but rail traffic was resumed after 2-3
hours. The trains held up were the Netravati Express, Konkankanya
Express, Mandovi Express, Mangala Express, Dadar-Ratnagiri
Passenger, Hapa-Cochin Express and Cochin-Gorakhpur Express, which
were diverted on Konkan Railway route.
Tremors of mild intensity were also felt
in Mumbai. They were felt at Colaba, Santa
Cruz and several other northern suburbs and were
mostly felt by people living in high-rise apartment
buildings. The quake was also experienced
in neighbouring Thane district, including at
Thane and Kalyan. Light tremors of
very short duration and very mild intensitywere
felt in the districts of Nashik and Ahmednagar.
In neighbouring Karnataka, tremors of mild to moderate intensity
were felt in northern part of Belagaavi district, in the Sambra area
for 15 seconds. The tremors lasted about 15-seconds
and were reported in the districts of Dharwad, Haveri, Gadag and
Belagaavi. According to reports from Hubballi
and Belagaavi, people ran out of their houses in panic as mild tremors
were felt. It was also felt strongly in northern and coastal areas
of Goa and in some places people even came out into the open on
feeling the quake. It was felt mildly in southern Goa. |
