Earthquake today: 4.1 magnitude quake strikes Gujarat’s Kachchh

A 4.1 magnitude earthquake has hit Gujarat's Kachchh district, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said.

According to the NCS, tremors were felt at 08:06:39 Indian Standard Time (IST) and the depth of the quake was recorded at 15 km. NCS is the nodal agency of the Government of India for monitoring of earthquake activity in the country.

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Taking to X (formerly Twitter), it wrote, "Earthquake of Magnitude:4.1, Occurred on 01-02-2024, 08:06:39 IST, Lat: 24.27 & Long: 70.21, Depth: 15 km, Region: Kachchh Gujarat, India." 

Earlier on Tuesday, an earthquake of magnitude 3.4 on the Richter scale was recorded in Leh, Ladakh.

(More details awaited)