Saturday, June 12, 2010
earth quake in chennai
Hii guys , just 20 min back major earthquake shook the buildings of Chennai at around 1:00 pm. i was sound asleep, i felt the bed rocking , when i stood i felt the computer rocking and its 1:05 PM, i was sure it was a powerfull earth quake in chennai !!! , i checked the honkong news portals i found it true , and know what its 7.7 in the hector scale !!!
the news item to confirm chennai earthquake on 12th june 2010
A 7.7 earthquake has hit near the Nicobar Islands, the USGS said.
the effect was felt on earth quake in chennai
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said: “Earthquakes of this size have the potential to generate a destructive local tsunami and sometimes a destructive regional tsunami along coasts no more than 1,000 km (620 miles) from the earthquake epicenter.”
The quake came around 1.30am local time and was felt as far away as Chennai, India according to various individuals on real time socail networking platform Twitter.
The earthquake hit at a depth of around 35 kilometers 164 km (102 miles) W from Misha, Nicobar Islands, India, 448 km (278 miles) SSW from Port Blair, Andaman Islands, India and 452 km (281 miles) WNW from Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia.
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yes i too felt my bed shaking , i was just awake watching a movie !
earthquake chennai June 13, 2010.
i felt it at west mambalam at the same time. for a proper 5-7 seconds. the earth was literally shaking.
I felt it too at kodambakkam at 1.00 AM for a duratio of around 1 min.
One of my friend MR.Royston Starr ( palavaram ) got scared of this earth quake, People all running out of their apartment .. but i am happy that our office manager announced us holiday happy weekend ….. rock the weekend with quater bottle
We could feel very light shaking / tremors at Bangalore that lasted at least for 15 -45 seconds . Felt like shaking & scary…
We were in night shift working on the 3rd floor ,& we felt a jolts of earthquake one after another within gap of 2-3 minutes. Water bottles & filters & windows & chairs were shaking like anything.
I felt it as i was at office working in system suddenly i could see the table was shaking. It was too scary....
I felt it too.. Actually woke up at round 1 AM, cos i felt the bed shaking.. I called my hubby who was watching football.. He dint feel anything he said and felt i must have dreamt it..
And I kept telling him no i did feel it.. And here it is seems like der was a quake after all!!
My sister also felt that bed was shaking and she suddenly ran away from the room at sholinganallur..wow,i am hearing this first time in chennai.
I felt the earthquake as i was in night shift working in IT firm (Navallur)...