EARTHQUAKE - Page 2

I hope everyone is safe there.

Not in my city, but heard on news it was minor.. no damage done.

Oh..seems it hit more than one part...my prayers to them..

Originally posted by: mayumi

Vizag having earthquake is very surprising. Then again, I haven't lived there for years. Bay of Bengal has earth quakes? Any fault lines present there?

No idea if there have been earthquakes here before.. my first year in Vizag too.

This time epicentre was Paradip so eastern India has been affected.

Moderate quake jolts Delhi NCR, Chennai, eastern India

A moderate earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale on Wednesday night jolted Delhi, National Capital Region, Chennai and parts of eastern and northern India including West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to properties.

The quake struck 60 kms east of Paradip at a depth of 10 kms at 9.52 pm, said L S Rathore, Director General, India Meterological Department.

"The epicentre of the earthquake was in the Bay of Bengal with its coordinates being 18.1 degree north and 87.8 degree east, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale," said Ministry of Earth Science Secretary Shailesh Nayak.

A Chennai report said tremors were felt in parts of Nungambakkam, Porur and Triplicane where people rushed out of their homes.

it was a mild tremor
I didn't even feel it

saw darren sammy Cricketer tweet also

No casulty reported as such... some 235 KM away from Bengal in Bay of Bengal... No Tsunami alert sent as of now