Ahmedabad: An earthquake of 4.0 magnitude was recorded in Gujarat's Kutch district on Wednesday evening with its epicentre located near Rapar, an official of the Gandhinagar-based Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) said. No casualty or damage to property was reported, government officials said. Earthquake measuring 4 on Richter scale was recorded at 7.14 pm with its epicentre 25 km west-north-west (WNW) from Rapar at a depth of 6 km, the ISR official said.
It was followed by tremors of 2.8 magnitude with the epicentre located nine km north-north-east from Dudhai in Kutch at 8.10 pm, the official added. Kutch district is located in a very high-risk seismic zone, as per the State Disaster Management Authority. The region had experienced a devastating earthquake in 2001.
