The earthquake in the city of Vijayapura<\/a> in Karnataka occurred in the early hours of\u00a0 Saturday, July 9, 2022.<\/p>\n This is the seventh minor earthquake in Vijayapura over the last year. People rushed out of their houses, but fortunately, there is no reported damage.\u00a0 \u00a0Experts say that frequent tremors are occurring due to south Indian plates moving towards north India.<\/p>\n Earlier, another minor earthquake of 2.3 magnitudes on the Richter scale was reported in Hassan district in central Karnataka, and in October the previous year, a low-intensity tremor had hit the area.<\/p>\n Earlier too, Vijayapura was shaken by a quake of magnitude 3.1 and two between 2.0 and 3.0. The biggest quake was reported south of Bijapur city on October 1 and the most recent was reported on October 2 with a magnitude of 2.3.\u00a0 In September, an earthquake of 3.9 on the Richter scale was reported in the district along with the neighboring Bagalkot district. At that time the epicenter of the earthquake was bordering Maharashtra\u2019s Kolhapur.<\/p>\n An earthquake of Magnitude 4.6 hit #vijayapura<\/a> ,city of karnataka this morning at 06.23AM(IST).<\/p>\n Many a people felt the tremor & came out of their house.#vijayapuraearthquake<\/a> #Karnataka<\/a> #bijapur<\/a> #earthquake<\/a> #watch<\/a> #video<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/oJ2dSyBp9L<\/a><\/p>\n — News and Updates (@News_24Updates) July 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n