No Earthquake Recorded in Kerala, NCS Confirms

No Earthquake Recorded in Kerala, NCS Confirms

Director of National Centre for Seismology (NCS) Said that there is no sign of earthquake in waynad and any other places in Kerala today on August 09. no earthquake was recorded by any of the seismological stations installed in the state of Kerala or its surroundings on Friday. The sound may be due to the shifting of land masses says NCS Director Dr. O.P Mishra.

The tremors reported by media with sound at Wayanad may be due to the shifting of land masses accumulated during landslides from one level to another lower level for better stabilization of the land masses NCS statement Explained. During the shifting of land masses, frictional energy can generate sounds and shaking in the area, a natural phenomenon in landslide-prone zones.

The National Centre for Seismology (NCS), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), New Delhi, closely monitors seismographs installed in and around Kerala as part of the National Seismological Network. NCS tracks natural earthquakes with a magnitude of 3.0 and above in India and its surroundings around the clock.

Initial reports indicate that residents experienced tremors in areas around Kurichiarmala, Pinangodemoorikap, Ambukuthimala, and Edakkal caves. Similar reports also came in from various parts of Koodaranji grama panchayath, Manassery, Mampetta, and Karassery in Kozhikode.

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