A fresh aftershock in India's quake-stricken western region today caused panic as people fled into the open, witnesses said.
The whole area shook and people ran out of office buildings, a witness in Kandla, the country's busiest port, said.
Witnesses in Bhuj, the town worst affected in last week's giant earthquake that killed an estimated 30,000 people across the western state of Gujarat, also said they felt a fresh tremor today.
An official at the Indian Meteorological department (IMD) in New Delhi said there had been a series of tremors in the region. One of the tremors at 12.31 p.m. (7:01 a.m. Irish time) measured at 4.3 on the Richter scale.
Early today, the region woke up to a tremor that measured 5.0.
There are continual tremors, Bhuj has experienced 152 shocks since the major quake on January 26th, the IMD official said.
Reuters