The earthquake’s epicentre was located 5.2 kilometres northwest of M Chembu Village, Paraje Grama Panchayat, Madikeri Taluk, Kodagu District, which borders Dakshina Kannada District. At 7.45 in the morning, the earthquake was reported.
Table of Contents
3.0-magnitude earthquake strikes Kodagu in Karnataka, the second in four days.
Residents of Kodagu had felt tremors earlier on Saturday, June 25. These Western Ghats foothills communities, which border the Kodagu district, were shaken by a 2.7-magnitude tremor. The epicentre was located at 12.44 degrees north and 75.47 degrees east.
In the Madikeri taluk of the Kodagu district, the epicentre was located 4.7 kilometres to the northwest of Karike Grama Panchayat.
According to the Seismic Intensity map of the aforementioned earthquake, the intensity detected is moderate, and the tremor may be felt up to a maximum radial distance of 40–50 kilometres from the epicentre, according to officials. The local community is not harmed by this kind of earthquake, but there may be some small shaking as observed by the locals.
As per the Tectonic map, the epicentre is in Seismic Zone III and there are no structural discontinuities in the area. Since the intensity is only moderate, there is no reason for the community to panic. A huge sigh for the locals as no damage was caused to them or the property.
One of the locals reportedly said “We heard a loud sound and then felt the tremor. Four days ago, only a few villages had felt the tremor. But today many areas felt it in Sullia Taluk.”
Read more: Deciphering the Marapachi pair dolls’ enigma
