No natural earthquake recorded in Wayanad, adjoining areas in Kerala: National Seismology Centre

New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): National Centre for Seismology (NCS) under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) on Saturday confirmed that there has been no natural earthquake recorded in Wayanad and its adjoining areas by any of the Seismographic stations installed in Kerala or its surroundings on August 9, 2024.
Ministry of Earth Sciences in a press statement said, the felt tremor reported by media sources with rumbling sound may be due to shifting of unstable rock masses accumulated during landslides from one level to other lower level for better stabilization that have generated sub terranean acoustic vibration due to frictional energy.
"This energy has the potential of propagating up to hundreds of kilometres through sub-surface cracks and fractures associated with sub-surface lineaments that may have caused rumbling sounds with ground vibration in the areas as a natural phenomenon in the landslide-Prone zones," the Ministry said.
No need of panic due to this acoustic sub-terranean vibration as no Earthquake has been recorded yesterday by the National Seismological Network ascribed to National Centre for Seismology (NCS), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES).
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertook an aerial survey of the landslide-affected areas in Wayanad on Saturday before physically visiting the location of the disaster to review relief and rehabilitation efforts in the region.
CM Pinarayi Vijayan accompanied the Prime Minister in the aerial survey. During the survey, PM Modi saw the origin of the landslide, the Iruvazhinji Puzha (River). He also observed the worst affected areas of Punchirimattam, Mundakkai and Chooralmala.
Massive landslides hit Chooralmala and Mundakkai of Wayanad on July 30 creating widespread devastation. According to the district administration, 226 bodies have been recovered and 403 body parts have been found in the disaster-hit place. (ANI)