3.5 magnitude earthquake in Gujarat’s Kutch day before Cyclone Biparjoy’s landfall

GUJARAT,JUNE 14 : An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 struck Gujarat’s Kutch district on Wednesday. The tremors were felt a day before Cyclone Biparjoy’s expected landfall in Kutch on Thursday.

As per the Institute of Seismological Research, Gandhinagar, the epicentre of the earthquake was 5 kilometres West-Southwest of Bhachau in Kutch district. The quake struck at 5:05 pm on Wednesday.

3.5 magnitude earthquake shakes Gujarat’s Kutch day before Cyclone Biparjoy makes landfall

The epicentre of the earthquake was 5 kilometres West-Southwest of Bhachau in Kutch at 23.291 latitude and 70.293 longitude.

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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for the Saurashtra, Dwarka and Kutch coasts in Gujarat in view of the very severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy. The cyclonic storm is expected to cause massive damage and a heavy rainfall warning has been sounded for several states.

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Around 50,000 people living near the sea in eight districts of Gujarat have been evacuated as the cyclone barrels towards the Kutch coast.

Eighteen NDRF teams have been placed in Gujarat to undertake relief and rescue operations, with four NDRF teams deployed in Kutch district, three each in Rajkot and Devbhumi Dwarka, two in Jamnagar, one each in Porbandar, Junagarh, Gir Somnath, Morbi, Valsad and Gandhinagar.

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also said he spoke to the three service chiefs and reviewed the preparations of the Armed Forces to deal with the impact of the cyclone. He said the forces were ready to provide every possible assistance in tackling any situation or contingency that may arise due to the cyclone.

-PTI