Mild tremor in Kutch; no casualty

Ahmedabad:

Amild tremor of 3.2 magnitude hit Gujarat’s Kutch district on Wednesday morning, officials said.

There was no report of any casualty or property damage, the district administration said.

The tremor of 3.2 magnitude was recorded at 10.30 am at a depth of 19.7 km, with its epicentre 48 km north-north east of Khavda in Kutch district, the Gandhinagar-based Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) said.

Kutch district is located in a very high risk seismic zone and low intensity earthquakes regularly occur there.

A devastating earthquake on January 26, 2001 in the district claimed lives of some 13,800 people and left 1.67 lakh others injured.