Mild tremors confirmed in Kalaburagi village

Tremors measuring 1.6 on the Richter scale recorded

The earthquake measuring centre at Sharana Shirasagi in Chincholi taluk has confirmed strange noises that were heard from inside the earth at Indrapada Hosalli in the taluk on Wednesday, and has also confirmed mild tremors.

Mild tremors measuring 1.6 on the Richter scale were recorded from the village
on Wednesday morning at 8.05.

Following the incident, a team of earthquake experts from Bengaluru would arrive at the village on Friday and also install a temporary earthquake measuring device, tahsildar Prakash Kuduri said.

Scientists from Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitering Centre Ramesh Dikpal and Abhinaya would visit the village.

Apart from collecting information and creating awareness, they would assemble a temoprary device in a school. “An ideal place for installation of the device has already been identified,” Kuduri said.

Kuduri said that the earthquake-measuring centre does not have any details with regard to the strange noises that were heard in the village last Saturday and Monday. However, the centre has confirmed that mild tremors occurred on Wednesday.

The village has black stones on the surface, at a depth of 40 to 60 feet there are limestones and at a depth of 160 feet sand has been found. The facts came to light when borewell was sunk in the village, said residents Shivakumar Patil and Basavaraj Hosamani.

Common activity

It is a common activity which occurs deep inside the earth. When groundwater level rises, layers of earth swell like bread.

As a result, some layers join others and break free from existing  ones.

There is nothing to worry, said Anaveerappa Biradar, Assistant Scientist, Earthquake Measuring Centre at Sharana Shirasagi.