Earthquake in Vijayapura? Shaking Reported In Karnataka City
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The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) map showed that a 2.9 magnitude earthquake struck Bijapur – Karnataka city officially known as Vijayapura early on Monday. However, officials and the National Center for Seismology (NCS) have not confirmed the same. EMSC is an international, non-governmental and not-for-profit organization.
According too EMSC, the quake hit about 109 kilometers from Solapur and only 19 kilometers south east of Bijapur. The website reported that the earthquake was at a depth of 5 kilometers and 35 people admitted that they felt it.
However, no official has confirmed whether an earthquake struck the area. A user on X, platform formerly known as Twitter, asked ‘Did You Feel It?’
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Volcanodiscovery.com reported that the unconfirmed earthquake struck around 1.18 AM IST. Details of the quake are not known. No injuries or damage to property have been reported yet.
This comes a month after an earthquake of magnitude 3.1 on Richter Scale hit Karnataka’s Vijayapura district. The quake, on December 8, was confirmed by the National Center for Seismology (NCS). It struck the region on the same day, four districts experienced shaking within a span of 24 hours. The states that were hit by quakes were Gujarat, Karnataka, Meghalaya and Tamil Nadu.
Earthquake of magnitude 3.9 hit Rajkot district of Gujarat. “Earthquake of Magnitude:3.9, Occurred on 08-12-2023, 09:00:31 IST, Lat: 23.45 & Long: 70.42, Depth: 20 Km ,Location: 133km NNW of Rajkot, Gujarat,” NCS had tweeted then.
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The National Center for Seismology also noted that: “Earthquake of Magnitude:3.1, Occurred on 8-12-2023, 06:52:21 IST, Lat: 16.77 and Long: 75.87, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Vijayapura, Karnataka.”