Indore (Madhya Pradesh): An earthquake of 3.5 magnitudes on the Richter scale hit Khargone-Barwani border region in Indore division on Thursday morning.
According to the Regional Meteorological Department, the earthquake took place at around 04:53 am at a depth of 5 km.
“The centre of the earthquake was about 125 kilometers South-South West from Indore i.e. Khargone-Barwani border region. The magnitude of the earthquake was low due to which it couldn’t be felt in Indore while light tremors were felt in nearby areas of the centre of quake,” senior scientist of Indian Meteorological Department, Bhopal Dr Ved Prakash Singh told Free Press.
He added that the quake was of very low magnitude and as the depth of the same was very low i.e. 5 kilometers, tremors for a few seconds would have been felt by the people there.
“The Khargone-Barwani region falls under Zone I and Zone II of the seismic zones across the country where events of light to moderate quakes take place,” Dr Singh said.
It’s the third event in last two months in region
According to the senior scientist it is the third event of light to moderate quakes in the region in the last two months as earlier, it was reported in Dewas and Khargone-Alirajpur border, a few days ago.
“The region near Narmada River falls under the seismic zone I and II (Zone II-III as per new zone division) which used to get quakes of low magnitude and many times it wasn't even felt by the people. This time, it was felt only because the depth of the centre was only five kilometers which generally remains over 10 kilometers,” he added.
Chances of more such quakes in coming days
Dr Singh further says that the chances of such low magnitude quakes are there in coming days but it is not to worry as most of them it couldn’t be felt. The number of such events would increase with the onset of monsoon as the water goes into the ground and seismic activities take place.
Seismograph at SGSITS observe vibration at 6.10 am
Seismograph installed at Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS) also recorded vibrational observation for 11 minutes on Thursday morning.
According to assistant professor Vivek Tiwari, “We received vibrational observations on the seismograph from 6.10 am to 6.21 am. The vibration pattern suggested that an earthquake occurred in some nearby place and the magnitude of the same would be about 3 to 4 Ritcher scale.”
Indoreans surprised, learnt about quake from social media
Most of the Indoreans were surprised by learning about the quake as they didn’t feel it even for seconds. “It was surprising to learn about the quake in Indore and nearby regions as we didn’t feel anything. We learnt about the quakes only through social media and news,” Amitesh Singh, a student, said.
