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A
mild earthquake struck parts of Thane
district, on 1 July 2010
at 11:47 AM local time. It had a magnitude of
M?=2.5
and was felt in several parts of the Thane-Navi Mumbai
region.
If you felt this earthquake, please let us
know!
The earthquake was centred
1 kms SW of Kanheri Caves (Maharashtra), India,
2.7 kms E of Lokhandwala Complex, Kandivili (E), Mumbai
(Maharashtra), India,
5.2 kms NW of Mulund (W), Mumbai,
(Maharashtra), India,
6 kms W of Thane city
(Maharashtra), India,
6.8 kms NNW of Bhandup (W), Mumbai,
(Maharashtra), India,
17.3 kms NW of Vashi
(Maharashtra), India,
24.3 kms NW of Belapur
(Maharashtra), India,
20 kms SW of Bhiwandi
(Maharashtra), India,
31.8 kms NNE of Nariman Point, Mumbai
(Maharashtra), India.
Tremors were felt by
many people in Bhandup and Mulund in suburban Mumbai as well as at
Bhivandi, Diva Junction, Dombivili, Ghansoli, Ghodbundar Road,
Kalva, Mumbra and Thane city in Thane district. At Ghansoli,
tremors were felt indoors by several persons, hanging objects were
observed to shake and some light furniture shifted. At Diva
Junction, a thunderous sound was heard and ceiling fans were seen
shaking. In Thane, people felt a "strong thud" and mistook it for
maintenance work being carried out on their building.
Separate reports from Diva Junction
and Thane city report two distinct tremors within a span of a few
minutes.
There
were no reports of tremors from any other parts of Mumbai although
the IMD epicentre is located close to the suburbs of Borivali,
Kandivali and Malad. Based on information that the earthquake was
felt in many towns to the east of this location it is very likely
the epicentral location was further to the north-east or east of
its present location. The epicentral co-ordinates provided on this
page for this earthquake are preliminary in nature and will be
updated at a future date.
The strongest earthquake in this immediate
region was a
Mw=3.7
event in June 2005 centred near Ambarnath that was felt throughout the Mumbai-Thane region. |
