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A
light
(M4.0-M4.9
range termed as "light")
earthquake struck the
Kachchh region in Gujarat, India, on 9
March 2008 at 16:40 PM local time. It had a magnitude of
Mb=4.5 and was felt in parts of Kachchh and
Saurashtra in the state of Gujarat, India as well as in adjacent
parts of Tharparkar, Pakistan resulting in some minor damage in
the epicentral region.
This earthquake was centred
1 kms E of Samakhiali
(Gujarat), India,
25
kms E of Bhachau (Gujarat), India,
27.5 kms SSW of Rapar (Gujarat), India,
32.8 kms SE of Chobari (Gujarat), India,
55.2 kms ENE of Gandhidham (Gujarat), India,
63.3 kms ENE of Anjar (Gujarat), India,
95 kms E of Bhuj (Gujarat), India,
106 kms
ENE of Mundra (Gujarat), India,
110 kms NNE of Jamnagar (Gujarat), India,
117 kms SSW of Nagarparkar (Sindh), Pakistan,
117 kms NNW of Rajkot (Gujarat), India,
158 kms SSE of Islamkot (Sindh), Pakistan,
206 kms W of Sardar Vallabhai Patel
International, Ahmedabad (Gujarat), India,
209 kms W of Gandhinagar (Gujarat), India.
If you felt this
earthquake please take the time to fill out a
felt report questionnaire.
Tremors from this earthquake were strongly felt in parts of
Kachchh for close to 15-seconds. People were frightened and came out of their homes at
Adesar, Balasar, Bela, Bhachau, Chitrod, Dhori, Dhrang,
Fatehgarh, Gedi, Jawaharnagar, Kunria, Ramvaav, Rapar,
Samakhiali, Sumrasar and Wandhia. Minor cracks developed in many
buildings at Bhachau. The shock was also felt at other towns in the
region, including at Anjar, Bhuj, Damakda and Gandhidham. Light
tremors were felt in western Kachchh at Lakhpat, Narayan Sarovar and Matanomadh.
In Saurashtra, tremors were strongly felt at Jamnagar, Morbi and
Tankaria. It was
felt at Bhavnagar, Rajkot, Surendranagar and
Wankaner. Light tremors were also felt as far as Ahmedabad,
Himatnagar and
Surat. In Ahmedabad, it was felt by the occupants of high-rise
buildings in Bopal, Narangpura, Satellite, Vastrapur and in other parts of the city; in a few
instances, people went outdoors.
Tremors of varying intensity were also experienced in adjacent
parts of Sindh province, Pakistan for about 15-seconds. In the
Tharkarpar region, people ran outdoors at Nagarparkar after
hearing thunderous noises from the nearby Karoonjhar Hills. Light
shocks were felt in other parts of the same region, including at
Diplo and Islamkot.
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