
Another round of earthquakes in Chikkaballapur
The Hindu
One was recorded near Vellore in Tamil Nadu
For the second day in a row, an earthquake was recorded in Chikkaballapura district at 2.16 p.m. on December 23, according to National Centre for Seismology, which put the magnitude at 3.6 on the Richter scale. Residents of Settigere and other nearby villages ran out of their homes on feeling the land trembling.
The epicentre was 1.2 km south east of Sadenahalli in Gollahalli gram panchayat. Tremors were also felt 1.3 km north west of Beeraganahalli in Gollahalli gram panchayat, and 2.8 km south west of Settigere in Addagallu gram panchayat. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18 km, according to Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC).

On December 23, the newly elected office bearers of the Anna Nagar Towers Club, led by its president ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, who is a former MLA, met with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin and conveyed their greetings. According to a press release, besides, ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, the Anna Nagar Towers Club delegation that met Stalin at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK Party headquarters, included vice-president R. Sivakumar, secretary R. Muralibabu, joint secretary D. Manojkumar, treasurer K. Jayachandran and executive committee members N. D. Avinash, K. Kumar, N. R. Madhurakavi, K. Mohan, U. Niranjan, S. Parthasarathi, K. Rajasekar, S. Rajasekar, M. S. Ramesh, R. Satheesh, N. C. Venkatesan and K. Yuvaraj. Karthik Mohan, deputy secretary of DMK’s Information Technology Wing, was present on the occasion.












