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Scientists are not surprised by Sunday's quake near Mumbai [1]

The low-intensity earthquake that hit the Thane Khargar belt on Sunday came as no surprise to scientsis. They say that since Mumbai is riddled with seismological faults, it is prone to earthquake.

Publication Date: 
05/06/1998
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Geology [2]
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