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Bengaluru hit by magnitude 3 earthquake, disaster agency says no need to panic
The epicentre was located north of Timmojanahalli village in Tubagere Gram Panchayat limits of Doddaballapur taluk Bangalore rural district.
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An earthquake of magnitude 3.0 struck Bengaluru on Friday morning. As per the National Centre for Seismology and the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC), the earthquake struck at 9:01am today with its epicentre located north of Timmojanahalli village in Tubagere Gram Panchayat limits of Doddaballapur taluk, Bangalore rural district.
According to KSNDMC, the tremors may have been felt within a radius of 20-30 km from the epicentre. However, the seismic intensity was low, and the earthquake was not expected to cause damage to the local community.
The epicentre falls in Seismic Zone II, and KSNDMC said there was no need for panic given the low magnitude and intensity of the earthquake.
Not the first to jolt to Bengaluru
Deep Dive
Earlier in September, an earthquake measuring 3.5 was recorded near Basavana Bagewadi in Vijayapuri district, marking the third such tremor to jolt the taluk in that month.
Before September 30, the region recorded a 3.5 magnitude earthquake on September 29 and another on September 17, which measured 3.6 on the Richter scale.
As per local reports, all three September earthquakes were recorded at five sites of the KSNDMC Permanent Seismic Monitoring Station Network under the Master Control Centre (MCC). These are the Almatti Dam Site, Raichur, T.B. Dam Site, Hidkal Dam Site and Thalakalale Dam Site observatories.
16 killed in Tibet earthquake
On Thursday, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the Tibet region, killing at least 16 people and injuring 76 others.
As per authorities, earthquake struck Baqen County in Nagqu City at a depth of less than 10 kilometres at around 10:33 pm (local time) on Thursday.
According to Chinese state-run agency Xinhua, around 12,489 residents have been evacuated, and rescue and relief operations, along with the resettlement of affected residents, are underway.
Around 330 houses also collapsed or were damaged in the quake, and the extent of the damage is being assessed, said reports.
(With inputs from PTI)
