Hyderabad: A 3.9-magnitude earthquake struck Mancherial district on Wednesday night time. Parts of bordering areas in Maharashtra additionally felt tremors, with residents in some areas stepping out of their houses in panic.According to the National Centre for Seismology beneath the ministry of earth sciences, the quake occurred at 11.49 pm on Feb 25, at a depth of 10 km. It stated the epicentre was in Mancherial district, about 109 km north-east of Karimnagar. An earthquake of three.9 magnitude on the Richter scale is mostly labeled as minor.People dwelling in elements of Sironcha and Ahiri in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district stated they felt tremors round midnight. Fearing their homes may collapse, a number of residents got here out of their houses.Some residents stated utensils fell off tables and that they may really feel the bottom shaking. No casualties or property harm have been reported within the aftermath of the quake, in accordance with the knowledge accessible thus far.Second such incident in every weekThe Mancherial earthquake comes days after a 2.9-magnitude quake was recorded on Feb 21 within the Vanasthalipuram space of Ranga Reddy district. That quake occurred at a depth of 5 km at round 8.30 am.Similarly, in Andhra Pradesh, a 3.5-magnitude quake was recorded on Feb 19 at round 2.30 am at a depth of 10 km.Telangana is taken into account to be in a safer seismic zone in contrast with AP. Scientists from the National Geophysical Research Institute earlier stated {that a} micro-earthquake measuring 1.5 on the Richter scale was reported in Gajularamaram and Kompally on Feb 10. As it was shallow, tremors have been felt, although they have been of low depth.
