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Gujarat: Two tremors hit Gir Somnath, locals run out of homes; no casualties

VERAVAL: Two successive tremors of 4 and 3.2 magnitude jolted a village in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district on Monday morning, officials said.

Residents of the Talala village, located 25km from the district headquarters Veraval, woke up from sleep and ran out of their homes after experiencing the tremors, but there was no report of any casualty or damage to property, according to the district administration.

The first tremor of magnitude-4.0 was recorded at 6.58am, with its epicentre 13km north-northeast of the Talala village, the Gandhinagar-based Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) said.

Another tremor of 3.2-intensity, the epicentre of which was 9km north-northeast of Talala, was recorded at 7.04am, the ISR in a statement.

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