Overview
- A 3.5 magnitude earth tremor struck Palghar district on Tuesday at 1:09 pm, with officials locating the epicentre near Patilpada village.
- District authorities and the District Disaster Management Cell said there were no reports of injuries or structural damage after the tremor.
- This event is the second in three days for the district after a 3.1 magnitude tremor was recorded on July 25 in the Ganjad area of Dahanu taluka.
- Nashik district also recorded several mild tremors over the weekend that MERI measured at about magnitude 3.6, prompting inspections of vulnerable buildings there.
- Palghar officials have put disaster teams and revenue staff on high alert and are carrying out precautionary checks in Dahanu and Talasari tehsils because those areas have a history of low‑intensity quakes.