Jammu, July 24: An earthquake of magnitude 3.0 on the Richter Scale struck Katra in Jammu and Kashmir on early Friday morning.

As per the data provided by the New Delhi-based National Centre for Seismology, the quake occurred at 5.11 am today, with the epicentre located 89 km east of Katra.

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Earlier, an earthquake of magnitude 3.1 struck Palghar in Maharashtra at 12.26 am today.

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