Bengaluru: Mild tremors were felt in some parts of Rajarajehswari Nagar, Kengeri areas of Bengaluru on Tuesday morning, between 7.35 to 7.37 am. The residents of these areas woke up with shock.
“I suddenly noticed the rattling of windows, railings,” said Joseph Hover, resident of Rajarajehswari Nagar.
The residents became active on social networking sites and discussed the unique experience with fear.
G S Srinivasa Reddy, Karnataka State Natural disaster monitoring Centre confirmed the tremors but said that the magnitude of the tremors were so low that the richter scale placed close by these areas didn’t record any seismic event.
“We received alerts and checked the richter scale. The magnitude is less than one on richter scale. But we are alert and we have passed on messages to authorities in Ramanagar,” said Reddy.
He added that similar tremors were felt in Doddanahalli village in Ramanagar recently and no seismic event recorded. “But on April 2, the rector scale recorded magnitude of two units when tremors were felt in Hosadurga, Hiriyur in Chitradurga district,” he added.
(Agencies)
