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A moderate
earthquake (M5.0-5.9
termed as moderate)
occurred in
the Warna region in
south-western Maharashtra on 12 December
2009
at 17:21 PM
local time. It had a preliminary magnitude of Mb=5.1 was felt for
several seconds in much of
western Maharashtra resulting in some damage.
If you felt this
earthquake please take the time to report it from your
location.
The earthquake was centred 2.7 kms W of Gothna (Maharashtra), India,
17.7 kms N of Chandoli (Maharashtra), India,
25.5 kms NW of Malkapur (Maharashtra), India,
34.6 kms NW of Shirala (Maharashtra), India,
40.8 kms WSW of Karad (Maharashtra), India,
59.4 kms ENE of Ratnagiri (Maharashtra), India,
63 kms NW of Kolhapur (Maharashtra), India,
65.8 kms SSW of Satara (Maharashtra), India,
90.6 kms SSE of Mahabaleshwar (Maharashtra), India,
156 kms S of Pune (Maharashtra), India,
159 kms NNW of Belgaum (Karnataka), India,
180 kms N of Panaji (Goa), India,
229 kms SSE of Churchgate, Mumbai (Maharashtra), India.
Given the size of this
earthquake, damage was relatively light. The walls of three
buildings collapsed, one each, at Jinti, Murudwadi and Sadu Deenu
Debe in the Kasani region of Satara district. Houses and a school
were damaged at Navja.
Tremors were also felt
in other parts of western Maharashtra in the districts of Kolhapur, Pune, Raigad,
Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg and Thane. This earthquake was felt
strongly in the Warnawati region and in the Panhala and Shirala
tehsils in Kolhapur district. At Koynanagar in Satara district it
was felt for close to 12-seconds. Strong tremors were also felt at
Chiplun but lightly at Guhagar, Mandangad and Sangammeshwar in
Ratnagiri district. In the city of Kolhapur, windows and
doors rattled while in a few instances, kitchen utensils fell from
shelves. In Satara district, it was felt at Satara and Karad among
other places. There was some panic in Jawali, Khandala, Khatav,
Koregaon and Satara. In the Pune region, it
was felt widely throughout the city of Pune including at Baner,
Camp, Dhole Patil Road, Katraj, Koregaon Park and at Pune
University as well as in the Pimpri-Chinchwad area. In Mumbai, it
was felt by the occupants of high-rise buildings in different
parts of the city including at Gorai, Santa Cruz and in south
Mumbai. It was also felt at Bondale, Osmanabad and Ratnagiri as
well as in the districts of Dharashiv
and Solapur. Light tremors were also felt in Hubli in north
Karnataka.
The earthquake was
felt at Anjani and Vilavade in Ratnagiri district as a result of
which train services on the Konkan Railway were halted while
safety checks were carried out on railway infrastructure. The
Matsyagandha Express, Holiday Special and the Netravati Express
trains were held up; the Matsyagandha Express was stopped at
Mangaon while the Netravati Express was stopped at Chiplun.
Two light aftershocks were recorded at 21:55 IST on 12 December
and 03:24 IST on 13 December. The first, a magnitude 4.0, was felt
in Warna region and even as far as Pune. The second event had a
magnitude of 4.1.
This is the second earthquake in this immediate region within a
month. On
14 November 2009, a ML=4.8 earthquake
occurred to the south-west of this latest earthquake and caused
some damage in the districts of Kolhapur, Satara and Sangli apart
from being felt widely in western Maharashtra, north Karnataka and
in Goa.
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