Tremors felt in Palghar district

NPnews24 Online Palghar: The officials informed that tremors, with a magnitude of 3.5 on the Richter Scale, were felt in Palghar district of Maharashtra on Saturday morning. The tremors were reported around 9.17 am.

Maharashtra: An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.5 on the Richter Scale hit Palghar today at 9:17 am.

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According to the officials, no casualties or damage to properties has been reported so far. But people ran out of their house out of fear. There wasn’t any mishap.

The last time tremors were felt in Palghar district was on July 10. The magnitude of those tremors was 2.6 on the Richter Scale, the official informed.

Parts of Palghar district, especially Dahanu area, has been experiencing such tremors since November last year, with most of them centred around Dudhalwadi village.

Between April and May this year also, tremors were felt at least half a dozen times in the district, officials said.