YAVATMAL: An
earthquake of 4.4 magnitude on the Richter scale was experienced at 8.33am on Sunday and its epicentre was located at Sadhunagar area of Mahagaon tehsil in
Yavatmal district. The tremors were experienced in some parts of
Nanded district also.
There were no reports of loss of life or damage to properties.
Tehsildar Namdev Isalkar and his team visited the area and took stock of the situation.
Sub-divisional officer Swapnil Kapadanis said no damage to property was reported from anywhere.
Meanwhile, district collector Amol Yedge has, in a press release, appealed to the people not to panic and not to believe rumours. Details of the tremors are posted on National Centre for Seismology website, he added.