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4.2 intensity quake shakes Delhi out of its sleep
Thursday September 08, 2011 07:58:22 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi: An
earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter Scale shook the Indian
capital for 5-6 seconds at around 11.30 p.m. Wednesday, the Met
department said, scaling down its intensity from the initial 6.6.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to
property.
The epicentre of the quake was in Sonepat in Haryana, about 90 km
from Delhi, and its aftershocks were also felt in northern states
like Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir.
"It is not 6.6 intensity, it is 4.2 on the Richter," an IMD
official told IANS.
The IMD website described the quake as "slight" and the timing as
23:28:18 hours.
Fire officials and Delhi Police said they had not received any
report of damage or building collapse.
The temblor was particularly felt in east Delhi where thousands of
people left their homes and came out on the streets.
"All the furniture in my house started shaking just as we finished
dinner," said Vinod Kapoor, a resident of east Delhi.
In other parts of the capital too, people ran out of their homes
in fright when their furniture started rattling alarmingly and
cupboards and fans started swaying.
"A lot of panic here... my network is gone. People came out of
their homes. Children started crying and everyone was on the
roads," said an IANS correspondent who lives in a women's hostel
in south Delhi.
Throughout the city, people called up relatives and friends, and
asked after their well-being.
"At first I heard a muffled sound - like a subdued explosion in a
tin - and then felt the quake for about 10 seconds," said Gurgaon
resident Gulshan Luthra.
The quake had residents in Faridabad running out of their homes
too.
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