MH-TREMOR

Low intensity tremor felt in Palghar, no casualty
    Palghar, Jan 21 (PTI) A tremor of 2.5 magnitude shook
parts of Maharashtra's Palghar district on Tuesday morning, an
official said.
    No casualty or damage to property was reported, he
said.
    The tremor, with its epicenter at a depth of 10 km in
Dundalwadi village of Dahanu taluka, was experienced at 10.38
am, a district disaster control cell official said.
    The place is located 103 km north of Mumbai.
    Earlier, a tremor of 2.3 magnitude was experienced in
the same area of Palghar last month.
    A number of tremors have hit Dahanu taluka since
November 2018, with most of them centered around Dundalwadi
village.
    The district experienced about 60 tremors of various
intensities since November 2018 in which two persons lost
their lives, according to official figures. PTI COR
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