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A
moderate to strong aftershock struck
Gujarat, India, on 28 January 2001 at
06:32 AM local time causing considerable panic in Gujarat, India.
The earthquake had a magnitude of
Mw=5.8. This is the largest instrumented
aftershock of the Bhuj Earthquake on 26 January 2001.
The earthquake
was centred 6.6
kilometres SW of Rapar (Gujarat), India,
26 kilometres W of Chobari (Gujarat), India,
37.5 kilometres NE of Bhachau (Gujarat), India,
38.8 kilometres W of Adesar (Gujarat), India,
69.3 kilometres NE of Gandhidham (Gujarat),
India,
83 kilometres NNW of Morbi (Gujarat), India,
100 kilometres ENE of Bhuj (Gujarat), India,
131 kilometres NNE of Jamnagar (Gujarat),
India,
212 kilometres WNW of Ahmedabad (Gujarat), India.
This
aftershock was strongly felt in many parts of Gujarat. At Rapar, a
few damaged buildings collapsed. In Ahmedabad, it was felt for close
to 30-seconds and sent people running outdoors. It was also
felt at Jaiselmer in Rajasthan and as far away as Mumbai
and Nashik in Maharashtra. In neighbouring
Pakistan, it was felt in the Badin and Tharpakar regions of Sindh
province. |
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References
01)
International Seismological Centre (ISC),
Berkshire.
02) India Meteorological Department (IMD),
Delhi.
03) National
Earthquake Information Centre (NEIC), Golden, USA.
04)
Macroseismic information has been compiled by
the ASC from reports by local media and local NGO personnel.
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