It seems a mild / small earthquake has just hit Kolkata / West Bengal / eastern India / ANDAMAN ISLANDS / Japan coast.
Time was around 0130 hours of 11th August. It was mild and lasted for few (3-5 sec) seconds.
There are no news yet on any news channel or web site. So I am still waiting for an official word from the gov.
Update :-
Initial reports suggest that the epicenter is at Andaman and the bad news is, it is a 7.7 which has hit them directly.
Update :-
There was another at the same time, located near cost of JAPAN also. CNN has just broke the story.
(CNN) — A strong earthquake struck off the south coast of Japan on Sunday night local time, “jolting Tokyo and wide areas of eastern Japan,” the country’s Kyodo news agency reported.
Update :-
Warning guys..
(CNN) — A tsunami watch has been issued after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in the Indian Ocean near India’s Adaman Islands, authorities said.
The watch covers India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia and Bangladesh, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
TSUNAMI warning has been issued and if any one is reading this and is in any of the effected area, then please contact local authority for appropriate action and seek advise on what to do.
Update :-
If a TSUNAMI is generated then mainland India / Bangladesh / Myanmar / Thiland / Indonesia has less than 3 hours where as folks over there in Andaman have lees than an hour before they get hit by a tidal wave !!!
“It is not known that a tsunami was generated. This watch is based only on the earthquake evaluation. Authorities in the region should take appropriate action in response to this possibility.”
The estimated tsunami travel time would be an hour or less to the coasts of the Andaman and Nicobar islands, according to a bulletin issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency.
A tsunami would reach the coastlines of India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia within one to three hours.
Lets pray that this stays as a warning and never becomes reality !!! We all know what TSUMANI in India ocean can do.
Update :-
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issues a TSUNAMI watch for Indian ocean.
Update :-
Some good news from JAPAN, as Japan Meteorological Agency calls off the TSUNAMI warning from the cost of JAPAN.
Update :-
Good news for South East Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia) also as just like Japan Meteorological Agency, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has also called off the TSUNAMI watch, which was issued for Indian Ocean.
(CNN) — The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has canceled a tsunami watch issued for five countries following a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in the Indian Ocean.
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kuch samajh me nahi aaya tha boss sab jhut bol rahe hai
I was on 7th floor in a Tall building at Park Stret & standing in a Q, suddenly I felt this and i thought I am not well, it happened twice when
the manager inside the cabin came out rushing since his table & Chair was shaking.
We came rushing down thru the stairand on the road
large crowed was standng infront of the building
watching up. Many high rise buildings were asked to vacate, I am told some tall buildings has developed cracks, it was for about 25/30 seconds at 1.30pm
Finally good news, tsunami warning is cleared by Japanese meterological deptt.
I was sitting on my desk in the Institute and suddenly I felt my chair and laptop moving from side to side. It instantly reminded me of my daughter 4yrs old and sasuma who has a fractured feet on the 4th floor of our house who would be unable to run downstairs in my absence.
Hi All,
Last night iam watching a movice along with my friend suddenly building is in vibration.
I felt that that was due to work load in office…
But friend Laptop is just jurking then we confirmed that’s an earthquake.
I we are scared….But minutes and hours are going on i did not found any update in NEWS channel as well WEB.
I think the day is too good for us…..
Thanks….
I was on a business trip to Calcutta along with two of my senior colleagues from the same company. We had a late night dinner and a few drinks and have been chitchatting and watching the TV on the 11th Floor of the building, which was a well developed community in the outskirts of Calcutta, near the bye-pass.
Suddenly, I felt my single seater sofa is going backwards. I kept quite, because i thought it is due to a drink problem, however, my two friends got alarmed as they also felt this phenomenon. We rushed out side the building as we knew the tremor was so strongly felt in our room that this is the main quake and another after effects will follow. As it was 1:30 in the morning, the entire complex of several buildings were fast asleep. In my life, I experienced the earth quake for the first time. I went to bed at 2:30 after taking a long walk outside the building. There was nothign reported in the local TV or newspapers which is weird…!!
This is Sad News
My wife drawn my attention at around 1.30 am on 11.08.2009 that she felt 4 shakes over a periond of 5/6 seconds on the bed she layed down. The bed was quite heavy and impossible to move manualy. I was in the living room but I felt nothing. I said it might be a mild earthquake. Later this night I hard from my son at Kolkata that he experienced shame shakes at around same time while he was sitting on a rocking chair. No news in any calcutta based news channel throughout the day.
DO HAVE ACCOUNT I ORKUT MOUMITA? WHERE IN BAHUIHATI???@deep
Hi All,
Last night iam watching a movice along with my friend suddenly building is in vibration.
I felt that that was due to work load in office…
But friend Laptop is just jurking then we confirmed that’s an earthquake.
I we are scared….But minutes and hours are going on i did not found any update in NEWS channel as well WEB.
I think the day is too good for us…..
Thanks….
i down earth.i feel quake over saltlake.i am brushing.i panick.