Mild earthquake hit Kodagu district in Karnataka, 3rd in Karnataka: report | Bengaluru

Earthquake news: A 6.0-magnitude earthquake was felt near Luzon Island in the Philippines, Reuters said.

Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district felt a slight earthquake early Friday morning – the third in the past seven days. Data from the National Seismological Center showed an earthquake measuring 2.5 on the Richter scale at a depth of 10 kilometers in the Kodago region.

The news agency PTI said locals were woken up at around 1.15 am by loud noises and tremors were felt in Sambagi, Gutijaro, Obradka, Junaka, Ilmal, Sulia and nearby areas. Officials told PTI that they are awaiting a report from the Natural Disaster Monitoring Center.

On Tuesday morning, a 3.0-magnitude earthquake was recorded in the Kodago region with tremors – 1.8 disturbances – felt again that evening. On Saturday (25 June), a 2.3 earthquake was recorded.

A 3.4-magnitude earthquake was also felt in the early morning of June 23 in parts of Hassan District and adjacent areas. Manoj Rajan, commissioner of the state disaster management authority, said the epicenter was Maluganahali village in Hasan.

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“This type of earthquake does not cause any harm to the local community, although there may be slight shaking that is observed locally. With the epicenter in the second seismic zone, the chances of earthquakes are very less and the probability of damage is low,” he said.

Elsewhere in the world, people felt a much larger earthquake – 6.0 – near the island of Luzon in the Philippines, said Germany’s GFZ research center for geosciences. The center said that the earthquake occurred at a depth of ten kilometers.

With input from PTI, Reuters

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