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A light
earthquake occurred in the Marathwada region of
south-central Maharashtra on 6 September
2007 at 12:39 PM
local time and caused panic as well as minor damage.
The earthquake had a magnitude of ML=4.1
and was felt in parts of south-central Maharashtra and also in north
Karnataka.
The earthquake was centred
in the Ganjankhed-Talni region (Maharashtra), India,
2.5 kms W of Killari (Maharashtra), India,
13.2 kms SSE of Ausa (Maharashtra), India,
15.5 kms W of Nilanga (Maharashtra), India,
23.7 kms S of Latur (Maharashtra), India,
24.5 kms ENE of Naldurg (Maharashtra), India,
30.2 kms WNW of Basavankalyan (Karnataka), India,
34.2 kms ESE of Osmanabad (Maharashtra), India,
49.5 kms NE of Solapur (Maharashtra), India,
53.4 kms NNW of Gulbarga (Karnataka), India,
90.8 kms SW of Nanded (Maharashtra), India,
136 kms NW of Nampalli, Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh), India,
253 kms ESE of CS International Airport, Mumbai (Maharashtra),
India.
If you felt this
earthquake please take the time to fill out a
felt report questionnaire. The
tremor was felt for close to 15-seconds in parts of Marathwada. At
least 14 persons, mainly students, were injured in stampedes
during the earthquake. At the Shanteshwar Vidhyalaya in Sastur, 8
students and a teacher were hurt while at the Balaji Vidhyalaya in Tausigarh, 4 students were hurt.
Students were also hurt in stampedes at the Madanand school at
Madansuri as well as at the Maharashtra Vidhyalaya and Neelkantheshwar
Vidhyalaya at Killari. Cracks appeared in the walls of a school at
Salgara. Part of the wall
of an old wada collapsed at Borkheda while at Asiv in Ausa
taluka the wall of a water tank collapsed. Kitchen utensils
were displaced and tin roofs were heard rattling loudly. Officials
at the Nilanga Panchayat ran outside in panic, some falling as
they rushed outdoors. In Osmanabad district, it was felt at
Banegaon, Belkund, Bhada, Killari, Korangala, Lamjan and Shivli in
Ausa taluka as well as at Bakri, Bhutmugli, Hadoli, Kokalgaon,
Madansuri, Malegaon and Tabala. Elsewhere in the districts of Latur and Osmanabad
it was felt at Achler, Ashtakasar, Ausa, Bhatagali, Dhanuri, Ekundi Lohara, Jayvli,
Kanegaon, Kasti, Lohara, Makni, Nilanga, Sastur and Tausigarh. In
Latur town, it was felt in the industrial area, Babhalgaon Police
thana area and Prakashnagar but was not felt in other areas. In
neighbouring Solapur district, it was felt at Bhurikwatha, Gogav,
Khairat, Kiranli and Wagdari,
This earthquake was also felt in adjacent parts of north Karnataka
at Basavankalyan and Humnabad in Bidar district, at Afzalpur,
Aland, Alanga, Anur, Chincholi, Gadlegaon, Gulbarga, Jamga,
Khajuri, Khandal, Sedam, Tadola and Tugav in Gulbarga as well as
in towns in Bijapur district. In Gulbarga town, where the tremor
was mainly felt in the upper floors of buildings, many people ran
outdoors in localities including Brahmpur, Jagat, M.B.Nagar and
Satraswadi.
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