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A
light earthquake struck Jabalpur and the
adjoining parts of eastern Madhya Pradesh, on 16
October 2000 at 18:11 PM local time and was felt in many parts of
the region resulting in minor damage. It
had a magnitude of Mb=4.4.
The earthquake
was centred 9 kms NW of Kundam (Madhya
Pradesh), India,
32.6 kms ENE of Jabalpur
(Madhya Pradesh), India,
51.7 kms NE of Bargi
(Madhya Pradesh), India,
65.2 kms S of Murwara
(Madhya Pradesh), India,
76 kms N of Mandla
(Madhya Pradesh), India,
85.9 kms ENE of Chhindwara
(Madhya Pradesh), India,
118 kms ENE of Narsimhapur
(Madhya Pradesh), India,
266 kms NNE of Nagpur
(Maharashtra), India,
296 kms E of Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), India.
The earthquake was
felt strongly in districts in the
eastern part of the state of Madhya
Pradesh as well as in the city of
Jabalpur. The quake was felt in Jabalpur, Mandla, Balaghat, Seoni,
Chhindwara, and Narsinghpur Districts of Madhya Pradesh. Slight
damage in the form of cracked walls and fallen tiles is being
reported. No casualties were caused by this earthquake.
This is the strongest earthquake in this
general area since the M5.8 Jabalpur earthquake on22 May 1997 that
killed at least 38 people and injured over a thousand. |
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References
01)
India Meteorological Department (IMD),
Delhi.
02)
International Seismological Centre (ISC), Berkshire, UK.
03)
Macroseismic information has been compiled by
the ASC from reports by local media and local NGO personnel.
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