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Mumbai: 2.7 magnitude earthquake hits city, second in last 24 hours

News Agencies 5 September 2020, 9:50 IST

Mumbai: 2.7 magnitude earthquake hits city, second in last 24 hours

An earthquake of magnitude 2.7 on the Richter Scale occurred 98 km north of Mumbai at 6:36 am on Saturday, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS).

"Earthquake of Magnitude: 2.7, Occurred on 05-09-2020, 06:36:31 IST, Lat: 19.96 & Long: 72.83, Depth: 5 Km, Location: 98km N of Mumbai, Maharashtra," NCS tweeted.

This is the third earthquake that has hit Maharashtra in the last 24 hours. Earlier on Friday at 10:33 am, 2.8 magnitude quake occurred at 91 km North of Mumbai. Later at 11:41 pm on the same day, tremors of magnitude 4.0 on the Richter scale hit 98 km west of Nashik in Maharashtra.

(ANI)

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