Earthquake In Mahabubnagar: Second In A Week

Hyderabad, Dec 7 (Maxim News): Telangana has been shaken by earthquakes once again.  The earth shook for a few seconds in several parts of Mahabubnagar district on Saturday at around 1.22 pm. Officials said that the intensity of the earthquake was recorded as 3.0 on the Richter scale. The epicenter of the earthquake was identified near Dasarapalli in Kaukuntla mandal. Due to this, earthquakes were felt in the Krishna catchment area, above and below the Jurala project.

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Three days ago, earthquakes created a sensation in the Telugu states. Due to this earthquake, which occurred in the Godavari catchment area with a magnitude of 5.3 on the Richter scale, tremors were felt in Hyderabad, Hanumakonda, Warangal, Karimnagar, Siddipet, Nalgonda, Kothagudem and Khammam districts of Telangana for upto seven seconds.

The epicenter of the earthquake was identified in Medaram in Mulugu district of Telangana. It was said that its effects were felt within a radius of 232 kilometers around the epicenter of the earthquake. It was said that tremors were felt in Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh.  Earlier, the last time the earth shook in Telangana was in 2018. This is the first time that the earth shook in South India with a magnitude of more than 5 to 55 years.

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The areas where earthquakes occur are divided into four zones based on their intensity, Zone 2,, Zone 3, Zone 4, and Zone 5.  Zone 5 is the most seismically active area.  Zone 2 is the area with the lowest intensity.  Currently, Telangana is in Zone 2, which has the lowest level of earthquakes.  There is a fault zone in the Godavari basin. This causes earthquakes. A fault zone is a place where two blocks in the interior of the earth suddenly slide past each other.  Sometimes, the enormous energy released due to adjustments in the interior results in earthquakes. Seismologists say that there are cracks and faults in many places in the Godavari basin. Experts predict that this is what causes earthquakes in this area.  (Maxim News)

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