Maharashtra: Mild tremor hits Palghar, no casualties

A tremor of magnitude 2.9 shook parts of Maharashtra's Palghar district, an official said on Thursday.

The tremor, with its epicenter at a depth of 10 km in Dundalwadi village, was experienced at 9.57 pm on Wednesday, district disaster control cell chief Vivekananda Kadam said.

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2.9 Magnitude tremor

No casualty or damage to property was reported, he said.

While the India Meteorological Centre (IMD) recorded only one tremor of 2.9 magnitudes, Kadam said local authorities claimed a few more tremors of very low intensity were also felt in some parts of the district on Wednesday night.

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The district's Dahanu area has been experiencing such tremors since November last year, with most of them centered around Dundalwadi village.

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