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A light
earthquake (M4.0-4.9 termed as light)
occurred in
the Koyna region of
south-western Maharashtra on 17
September
2008
at 03:17 AM
local time.
The earthquake centred in in the vicinity of the villages
of Gureghar and Kondal in the Koyna-Warna area had a magnitude of Mb=4.9
and caused widespread damage in the epicentral region and at least one death
near Pune. The shock was felt for over 45-seconds in much of
western Maharashtra, Goa and north Karnataka, even as far south as
Bengaluru. This is the most damaging
earthquake in the Koyna-Warna region since a
ML=5.1 earthquake on 14 March 2005.
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earthquake please take the time to add your report to a
"felt" map.
The earthquake was centred 4.4 kms NNW of Humbarli (Maharashtra), India,
12 kms SSE of Koynanagar (Maharashtra), India,
15 kms WSW of Patan (Maharashtra), India,
30 kms SE of Alore (Maharashtra), India,
42.3 kms W of Karad (Maharashtra), India,
63 kms NE of Ratnagiri (Maharashtra), India,
70 kms S of Mahabaleshwar (Maharashtra), India,
81.4 kms NNW of Kolhapur (Maharashtra), India,
138 kms S of Pune (Maharashtra), India,
179 kms NNW of Belgaum (Karnataka), India,
201 kms N of Panaji (Goa), India,
208 kms SSE of Churchgate, Mumbai (Maharashtra), India.
A 6-month old baby was killed and 5 injured in the collapse of a
mud wall at Nathachiwadi
in Yevat taluka in Pune district. At least 12 people were injured,
one with a serious fracture injury at Ambwade,
in Patan taluka in Satara district including 3 at Ambewadi, 3 at
Ambeghar Tarphe Marli, 2 at Sanbur, 2 at Tamhine and 1 at Patan.
In Satara district, nearly 606 buildings were damaged in 110
villages including 573 buildings in 92 villages in Patan taluka,
14 building in 9 village in Karad taluka, 1 buildng in Koregaon
Taluka, 5 buildings in 7 villages in Satara taluka and 1 building
in Wai taluka. Serious damage (numbers more than
1 in parenthesis) reported to over 606 buildings in 110
villages in Satara district included buildings at Ambeghar (21), Ambwade
Khurd (6), Atoli (9), Baher (2), Bandhwat, Banpuri (24), Bhosgaon
(5), Chaphal, Davri (5), Dhamni (3), Dhebewadi (6), Divashi Budruk
(6), Donichiwada (2), Dudhadewadi, Gadhavkhop, Godhne, Gokultarphe
Patan, Goware (2), Humbarli (2), Humbarwadi, Jalgewadi, Jangamwadi
(2), Janugadewadi (18), Jinti (20), Kadoli (7), Kahir (10),
Kalgaon (9), Kalkewadi (6), Karle (4), Kasani (8), Kokisare (7),
Kolhekarwadi (6), Kumbhargaon (12), Kusrud (5), Kuther (6),
Mandrulkolhe (14), Malharpeth (3), Marathwadi (4), Marli (6),
Mahind (11), Nav (35), Navdi (2), Navsari (2), Navja Baje, Nanail
(2), Natoshi (20), Nigde (5), Palshi (12), Panchgani (12), Paneri
(14), Rasati, Ruvale (2), Saduwarpewadi (6), Sahind (11), Saigade
(13), Salve (8), Sanbur (37), Sanewadi (2), Satar (3), Shitapwadi
(5), Sutarwadi (2), Sulewadi (2), Taloshi (3), Tamhine (16),
Udhwane (3), Umarkanchen (3), Vadhne, Vajegaon, and Vajholi (3).
221 wall collapses were reported from the Dhebewadi region. Minor
damage was reported to more than 1,000 buildings in Patan taluka.
The greatest damage occurred the Dhebewadi area where 309
buildings were damaged in 37 villages and in the Marli area were
134 buildings were damaged in 23 villages. The worst affected
villages was Sanbur with as many as 37 damaged buildings. A rock fall on the Dhebewadi-Salve road disrupted traffic for much
of the 17th. In the Chaphal area, buildings were damaged at Dervan
(12), Jalgewadi, Masugadewadi, Nanegaon (7) and Padaloshi (5). Damage to buildings also occurred in Radhanagari
and Shahuwadi in Kolhapur district.
Outside the epicentral region, a wall collapse resulted in one
death at Nathachiwadi in Yewat taluka, Pune district. Other minor
damage was also reported from Yevat taluka. Minor cracks developed
in buildings at Dhabol and Panchgani. At Valva, the kalash (pinnacle)
of the Maruti Temple near the S.T. Stand was knocked down and the
temple itself was badly cracked. In Mumbai, a minor rock fall was
reported behind a Toyota showroom on LBS Road at Gurunanaknagar in Ghatkopar while at
Kambekar Street in Dongri, part of the wall & slab of a 3rd floor
balcony was dislodged onto the balcony on the lower floor. In the
Hubli-Dharwad area in north Karnataka, minor damage was reported
from the IT Park in Hubli where walls developed cracks and part of the
ceiling fell in some buildings.
This earthquake has been strongly felt in much of western
Maharashtra, north Karnataka and in Goa. In Maharashtra, tremors were felt
at Chiplun, Dabhol, Dapoli, Javali, Mahabaleshwar, Malkapur, Karad, Kolhapur,
Kudal, Lanja, Medha, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai,
Patan, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Shirala, Solapur, Thane and
other parts of western Maharashtra as far north as Nashik. At a few places in Kolhapur, people
ran outdoors while at Ichalkaranji, utensils were displaced. At Mahabaleshwar, people were woken up and doors and
windows rattled violently for nearly 45-seconds and some old
buildings suffered minor damage. Strong tremors
were also felt at Panchgani and Satara. People ran outdoors at
Mahabaleshwar, Panchgani and Satara and kitchen utensils were displaced at Adki as well as at
Shirala. At Medha, it is believed to have been the strongest since
1993. This earthquake did not affect infrastructure on the Konkan
Railway. It was felt throughout the Pune metropolitan area
including at Aundh, Baner, Camp, Dayari, Dhankawadi, Katraj, Kondhwa, Kothrud,
Law College Road, Nagar Road, Parvati, Sahakarnagar, Sadashiv Peth, Shastrinagar,
Sinhagad Road, Wakdewadi, Wanowarie and
Vadgaonsheri, where people were woken up and some went outdoors.
Tremors were also felt at Baramati, Bhosari, Chinchwad, Maval,
Mulshi, Kalewadi, Pimpri, Sommeshwarnagar and Urse while in the
Daund region, they was felt at Chauphula, Kedgaon, Varvand. Tremors
were also felt in tall buildings in several parts of Mumbai
including at Andheri, Bandra, Chakala, Dadar, Ghatkoper, Madh-Versova,
Mahim, Mira Road, Santa Cruz, Warden Road-Altamount Road and Powai.
Tremors were felt in the Bardez, Ponda & Tiswadi areas of Goa including
in the towns of Candolim, Madgaon, Panaji, Pilerne, Porvorim ,Vasco
da Gama and Zuarinagar.
Light tremors were also felt in parts of Athani, Belgaum, Bidar,
Bijapur, Chakodi, Gulbarga, Hubli-Dharwad, Jamkhandi and Mudhol in north
Karnataka as well as far south as Bengaluru. In the Belgaum
region, it was also felt at Angol, Mahanteshnagar, Sadashivnahar,
Shahapur, Tilakwadi and Vadgaon where people went outdoor for a
while.
This is the second earthquake in this magnitude range this year in
the Koyna-Warna region.
Earlier on 30 July 2008, a
M4.3 earthquake near Helwak was
also felt widely in the region and resulted in some minor damage.
The earthquake on 17 September is also the most damaging in the
Koyna-Warna region, as well as in western Maharashtra since a
ML=5.1 earthquake in the Koyna-Warna region
on 14 March 2005. It is the deadliest in western Maharashtra since
an
ML=3.0 earthquake on 27 March 2003
that killed one person.
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