Mild tremors recorded in Palghar; no casualty

Mild tremors of 3335 magnitude were reported in Maharashtras Palghar district on Saturday an official told the PTI on SaturdayThe first tremor of 33 magnitude was recorded at 515 pm while the second one of 35 magnitude followed in less than 15 minutes at 528 pm said Vivekanand Kadam chief of the District Disaster Cell reported the PTIThe tremors were felt at Talasari area of Palghar district in Maharashtra at the depth of 8 km and 5 km respectively he saidThere was no report of any casualty or damage due to the seismic activity as of now the official addedSimilar kind of mild tremor were on Thursday reported from GujaratA tremor of 30 magnitude hit Kutch district in Gujarat on May 25 evening with its epicentre near Bhachau the Institute of Seismological Research ISR said according to the PTIThe tremor was recorded at 640 pm the Gandhinagarbased institute said reported the news agency on FridayThe epicentre of the tremor was around 19 km northnorth east NNE from Bhachau in the district it addedThis occurred a little over a week after the region was jolted by an earthquake measuring 42 magnitude on May 17District authorities said that no damage to property or life was reported following the tremorKutch district is located in a very high risk seismic zone and earthquakes of lower intensity occur regularly thereThe 2001 earthquake that hit Bhuj in Kutch was the third largest and second most destructive in India over the last two centuries A large number of towns andvillages in the district suffered almost complete destruction in the quake that killed around 13800 people and left 167 lakh injuredMeanwhileAn earthquake of magnitude 61 on the Richter scale jolted 107 kilometres eastsoutheast of Japans Tokyo on Friday reported the ANIThe earthquake took place at 333 pm IST the National Center for Seismology NCS said in a tweetThe earthquake occurred at a depth of 65 kilometres Taking to its Twitter handle NCS stated Earthquake of Magnitude61 Occurred on 26052023 153325 IST Lat 3542 amp Long 14080 Depth 65 Km Location 107km ESE of Tokyo Japanwith PTI and ANI inputs