An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 was recorded in Vijayapura district in the wee hours of Wednesday, September 30, with the epicentre located 3.9 km northeast of Basavana Bagewadi, the KSNDMC said.

The earthquake occurred at 2.04 am at a depth of 10 km, with its epicentre located at latitude 16.604 degree North and longitude 75.990 degree East, according to the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC).

The seismic intensity was low and the tremor “might be felt up to a radial distance of 50 to 60 kms from the epicentre”, the disaster monitoring agency said.

The epicentre was 7.8 km west of Hunashyal Gram Panchayat, 11.2 km west of Huvina Hipparagi GP, 31 km northeast of Almatti Dam and 38 km southwest of Vijayapura city.

“This type of earthquake would not create any harm to the local community as the intensity observed is low, though there might be local vibrations felt,” the KSNDMC said.

The epicentre falls in Seismic Zone III and the region is “void of any structural discontinuities” according to the tectonic map, it said.

“The community need not panic as both the magnitude & intensity observed are low,” the KSNDMC director said.