Ahmedabad, September 23: A tremor of 3.3 magnitude hit Gujarat's Kutch district on Monday morning, the Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) said. No casualty or loss of property was reported in the district due to the seismic activity, officials said. The tremor was recorded at 10.05 am, with its epicentre located 12 km west-south west of Rapar, the Gandhinagar-based ISR said. Earthquake in Gujarat: Quake of Magnitude 4.0 on Richter Scale Hits Kutch District, No Casualty Reported.

This is the fourth tremor of more than 3 magnitude recorded in the state's Saurashtra-Kutch region so far this month, the ISR data showed. Earthquake risk is very high in Gujarat. It has suffered nine major earthquakes in the past 200 years, as per information provided by the Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority (GSDMA). Earthquake in Japan: Quake of Magnitude 5.4 on Richter Scale Strikes IChiba Prefecture, No Tsunami Threat.

The 2001 Kutch earthquake was the third largest and second most destructive earthquake in India over the last two centuries, it said. On January 26 in 2001, Gujarat was struck by an earthquake of 6.9 magnitude with its epicentre located near Bhachau in Kutch that affected the entire state. The quake had left nearly 13,800 people dead and another 1.67 lakh injured, as per the information provided by the GSDMA.

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