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This event was widely extent. At Sholapur, this earthquake was preceded by a noise and lasted in two minutes. Walls of the buldings in towns were thrown down. It effected badly in the regions of Muktal, Singroorgurh, Shorapur, Kurnool and Belgaum. At Bellary, moderate thunder like noise, with undulatory movement and shook the whole cantonment. Bellary was nearest to centre (Oldham, 1883). According to Gubin (1968), this event was felt for few seconds in Kurnool with noise like distant artillery; The Bhima valley and the part of Krishna valley are in the middle of SE elongated isoseismal. Such earthquake could be generated along a fault-zone situated in the above mentioned valleys. It is a single event earthquake without any foreshocks and aftershocks. The maximum MM intensity is VIII and its epicentral location is 15.2N, 76.9E.
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