Earthquakes Strike Gujarat: No Damage Reported.webp

Ahmedabad, March 5 Earthquakes with magnitudes of 3.4 and 2.5 were recorded in the districts of Kutch, Dahod, and Botad in Gujarat on Thursday, officials said.

No casualties or property damage were reported.

The first earthquake, with a magnitude of 2.5, was registered 34 km southwest of Dahod in eastern Gujarat at 11:55 am, according to the Gandhinagar-based Institute of Seismological Research (ISR).

This was followed by an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.4 that struck 12 km north-northwest of Bhachau in the Kutch district in the west at 1:43 pm. According to an ISR release, it originated at a depth of about 29.5 km beneath the Earth's surface.

Another earthquake with a magnitude of 3.4 was recorded 28 km southwest of Botad in the southern Saurashtra region at around 3:08 pm. It originated at a depth of about 15 km, the ISR release said.
 
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