Earthquake hits Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw

A medium-intensity earthquake of magnitude 3.7 hits Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh at 3:36 am. Earlier, an earthquake of magnitude 3.0 on the Richter scale occurred at 42 kilometres from Tawang in the state.

Anjaw:An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 on the Richter scale struck Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district in the wee hours of Monday, said National Centre for Seismology (NCS).

"An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.7 on the Richter Scale hit Anjaw, Arunachal Pradesh today at 3:36 AM," NCS said.

Earlier on August 6, an earthquake of magnitude 3.0 on the Richter scale occurred at 42 kilometres from Tawang in the state.

Meanwhile, Palghar district in Maharashtra experienced four tremors, ranging from the magnitudes of 2.7 to 3.1 on August 23.

No casualty or damage to property was reported.

"The first tremor of 2.8 magnitude was felt at 11:39 AM, and the second of 3.0 magnitude was experienced at 5:23 pm. Another quake with the magnitude of 3.1 was felt at 6:47 pm and the fourth one was felt at 7:29 pm, which was of 2.7 magnitude," said Palghar district disaster cell chief Vivekanand Kadam.

Certain parts of Palghar district had experienced a lot of seismic activity in 2018 and 2019.

(ANI Report)