Mild tremors were felt for the third day in a week at a few places in Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada district in the small hours of Friday, official sources said.
Locals said they were woken up from their sleep at around 1.15 am by a loud noise accompanied by the earthquake.
The tremors were felt in Sampaje, Guttigaru, Ubaradka, Goonaka, Elimale, Sullia town and surrounding areas.
The series of earthquakes in the area have panicked the local population.
An earth quake with a magnitude of 2.3 on the Richter scale was recorded in the region on June 25, followed by a quake on June 28 which were felt twice on the day. The morning quake on June 28 was of 3.0 intensity on the Richter scale, while the other in the evening measured 1.8.
The report of the natural disaster monitoring centre is awaited, they said.
(Published 01 July 2022, 06:40 IST)
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