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Old Oct 8th, 2005, 10:40   #1
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Earthquake in Delhi

Delhi was rocked by a series of earthquakes just now which lasted for almost 5 minutes around 9:20 A. M. My bed was shaking & I heard screams around & couldn’t stand steady. It was a terrible feeling.
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Old Oct 8th, 2005, 10:51   #2
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Where was the epicenter?.

So, Where was the epicenter?. Any websites where we can get the latest eartquake data. We had a reasonably good quake here, bigger than what we felt during Bhuj. I am not able to find any earthquake site that is close to realtime. Its been 20 minutes and no site shows it yet. Anybody knows of such a site?.
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Old Oct 8th, 2005, 11:03   #3
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dont know where the epicenter was ... but i am in gurgaon and i was walking and everything was same until i saw a crowd just rushing out of a building... i believe it took place around 9:30 ish... right?? i didnt feel a thing however!!!

hope everyone is safe....
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Old Oct 8th, 2005, 11:07   #4
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The epicentre was in Pakistan. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqs...kes/usdyae.htm
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Old Oct 8th, 2005, 11:33   #5
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thanks for the info. it says it was 75 miles from srinagar, kashmir, but i've not read any other reports of the damage if there was any.
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Called my home in Gurgaon in the morning. My mother didn't even notice the tremors.. what was noticed however was that the cable tv network was down..
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Today being Saturday, I was sleeping till late and thought my young and naughty nephew was shaking the bed to wake me up. But when I could not see him anywhere, I ran down where my other family members were. We noticed it here in Gurgaon.

Indian news channels are now covering it in some detail.
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Well minor tremors have been felt in some parts (specially in high rises) of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. everthing here seems normal...

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And i thought i was imagining things, reading my book on my hotel bed in Pahar Ganj! I was gonna ask the hotel manager about it, but i though he'd think i was nuts!
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a quake that big will definitely cause major damage near its epicenter- 75km ENE of Srinigar- especially in sandy valleys due to liquefaction. Expect reports to be delayed due to extent of damage.

My home town lost it's center 16 years ago next week, due to being built on a river bed, with 6 killed there
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I'm in Gilgit right now, we felt it pretty heavily this morning for about two minutes. The plan was to head to Skardu this morning, but that region seems to have been one of the worst hit.
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Old Oct 8th, 2005, 14:47   #12
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My God, that was a big one! I'm afraid bijapuri is right - there's likely to be a lot more damage than has been reported so far. If the epicenter was near Srinagar and it was felt as far away as Delhi ... yikes!!!
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Old Oct 8th, 2005, 15:06   #13
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And this one was definitely much less moderate in Delhi compared to the Bhuj-Shake. Or may be my apartment is shaky. I atleast woke up, the pigeons in my room didn't have a clue.

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whatever, we say it was one that sure made us realise that ..nothing in front of NATURE!!
Just hoping things turn pretty fine as major damage has been reported in pakistan now..

http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsAr...BCONTINENT.xml

check out the pictures ... really shocking...

Hope out mates from Pakistan and all friends & people are fine..
hoping for every1

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Old Oct 8th, 2005, 17:10   #15
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Oh good grief; I was thinking just a few buildings shook until I saw the reuter's report

The headline is Pakistani quake toll may be in thousands.

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