Mumbai, Jul 25 (PTI) Tremors ranging from 3.1 to 3.6 magnitude were recorded in Maharashtra’s Nashik, Palghar and Hingoli districts on Saturday, officials said.
No casualties or damage to property were reported anywhere.
Four tremors measuring up to 3.6 magnitude were recorded in north Maharashtra’s Nashik district. The tremors were felt in Borgaon area of Surgana taluka within a span of 50 minutes starting at 9.55 am, officials said. The area has received torrential rainfall this week.
A 3.1 magnitude tremor was recorded in parts of the coastal Palghar district at 10:57 am, with its epicentre traced around the Ganjad area in Dahanu taluka, said Vivekanand Kadam, chief of the disaster management cell.
Palghar district, particularly the Dahanu and
Talasari belts, has a history of repeated low-intensity seismic tremors.
Hours later, a 3.1 magnitude tremor was recorded in central Maharashtra’s Hingoli district at 6.49 pm, with its epicentre at Mhaisgavhan in Kalamnuri tehsil at a depth of around five kilometres, said the district disaster management cell. PTI AW COR NR NSK KRK
