4.5 magnitude earthquake hits Rajkot in Gujarat, 4.1 magnitude quake hits Assam’s Karimganj

New Delhi: An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter Scale jolted Rajkot in Gujarat at 7:40 am on Thursday (July 16). According to National Center for Seismology, the epicentre of earthwquake was 22 km Southwest of Rajkot. The quake hit at a depth of more than 10 kilometres, the agency said.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 on the Richter Scale hit Rajkot in Gujarat today at 7:40 am: National Center for Seismology pic.twitter.com/UKe35cqBTE

— ANI (@ANI) July 16, 2020

National Center for Seismology, the government’s nodal agency for monitoring seismic activity in the country, also said that an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 on the Richter Scale struck Karimganj in Assam at 7:57 am on Thursday.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 on the Richter Scale hit Karimganj in Assam today at 7:57 am: National Center for Seismology pic.twitter.com/u2QIDP71P0

— ANI (@ANI) July 16, 2020

An earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter Scale struck Longleng District in Nagaland on Tuesday (July 14). According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the moderate earthquake hit around 8:32 am.