Earthquake - Andaman hit by 7.2 RS, Chennai felt it

ph03n!x · 11th August 2009, 01:35

So I come back home from work and browse Team BHP, while the computer table started shaking left and right (It is not a sturdy one, and kinda shakes if even a kid leans on it). I take off my hands from the keyboard, make sure I am not touching it at all- and i feel my chair shake under me quite obviously!!!

Anyone else experienced this?

EDIT: It had just about started raining (Besant Nagar) when I felt the tremor, and in 10 minutes it has become a heavy rain...

MadBiker · 11th August 2009, 01:49

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Originally Posted by ph03n!x

So I come back home from work and browse Team BHP, while the computer table started shaking left and right (It is not a sturdy one, and kinda shakes if even a kid leans on it). I take off my hands from the keyboard, make sure I am not touching it at all- and i feel my chair shake under me quite obviously!!!

Anyone else experienced this?

EDIT: It had just about started raining (Besant Nagar) when I felt the tremor, and in 10 minutes it has become a heavy rain...

I just did the same thing! Came back from work, Logged on to T-Bhp., but No tremors on my table! And its raining heavily out too (KK Nagar)!!

varun911 · 11th August 2009, 01:52

I felt it too. It was a city wide earthquake. It started raining super heavily after the tremors. A mere coincidence??

Thad E Ginathom · 11th August 2009, 01:53

Whoa! I didn't imagine it!

Yep. Me too.

I'm sitting in a rotating office chair, one leg up on the corner of the table, and really wondered if it was some muscle/nerve thing. It was like somebody standing behind me and just slightly moving the chair too and fro.

One small ornament on a spring was moving, but nothing else.

Thanks for the confirmation!

neoranjit · 11th August 2009, 01:57

Couldnt have had better timing. I was testing my new external HDD and backing up data.. and then a tremor. Looks like we had this for about 10 secs ?

ph03n!x · 11th August 2009, 01:59

Maybe tad more- 15 i would say.. but the mid 10 seconds were the most felt...

rr_zen · 11th August 2009, 02:01

Me too ! I was sitting in my office cabin at Ambattur on a call with an onshore counterpart when the whole place started shaking. This is the first time I am experiencing this. I initially thought it was giddiness but then found my entire team rush out of the module. Back to work now !

ph03n!x · 11th August 2009, 02:02

News from Google news search- Magnitude 7.6 quake hits off India's Andaman Islands | U.S. | Reuters

Tsunami Watch Issued For India, Indonesia, Burma, Thailand And Bangladesh After 7.6 Earthquake | World News | Sky News

V-16 · 11th August 2009, 02:10

Well thank God all of you guys are well. Lets hope this is not going to be bad news. God bless us all lets hope for the best.

Edsel Rulez! · 11th August 2009, 02:10

Was it restricted to the east coast? Felt it in Bombay as well, and even woke the wife to tell her. The tremors were very mild, but it was kinda freaky. Closer to 1:35 am than 1:30 am though.

sinner · 11th August 2009, 02:10

Any Idea What scale was it in Chennai... Glad to know that everything is well with you Chennai Fokes.

Thad E Ginathom · 11th August 2009, 02:11

More detail of the scientific kind -->here

ph03n!x · 11th August 2009, 02:13

Nothing on the reading at Chennai yet. India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh have been issued the Tsunami warning.

varun911 · 11th August 2009, 02:19

Well its up on the news already, A excerpt from Bloomberg -

Magnitude-7.7 Quake Hits Andaman Islands, India Area, U.S. Says - Bloomberg.com

Venom_rider · 11th August 2009, 02:40

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Originally Posted by ph03n!x

Nothing on the reading at Chennai yet. India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh have been issued the Tsunami warning.

More details regarding the Tsunami warning here.

NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

11th August 2009, 01:35	#1
ph03n!x Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Coimbatore Posts: 2,564 Thanked: 5,957 Times	Mild tremor felt in Chennai- 11th Aug 2009, 1:30 AM!! So I come back home from work and browse Team BHP, while the computer table started shaking left and right (It is not a sturdy one, and kinda shakes if even a kid leans on it). I take off my hands from the keyboard, make sure I am not touching it at all- and i feel my chair shake under me quite obviously!!! Anyone else experienced this? EDIT: It had just about started raining (Besant Nagar) when I felt the tremor, and in 10 minutes it has become a heavy rain... Last edited by ph03n!x : 11th August 2009 at 01:39.
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11th August 2009, 01:52	#3
varun911 BHPian Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 63 Thanked: 0 Times	I felt it too. It was a city wide earthquake. It started raining super heavily after the tremors. A mere coincidence??
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11th August 2009, 01:53	#4
Thad E Ginathom Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 10,988 Thanked: 26,371 Times	Whoa! I didn't imagine it! Yep. Me too. I'm sitting in a rotating office chair, one leg up on the corner of the table, and really wondered if it was some muscle/nerve thing. It was like somebody standing behind me and just slightly moving the chair too and fro. One small ornament on a spring was moving, but nothing else. Thanks for the confirmation!
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11th August 2009, 01:57	#5
neoranjit BHPian Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chennai Posts: 588 Thanked: 195 Times View My Garage	Couldnt have had better timing. I was testing my new external HDD and backing up data.. and then a tremor. Looks like we had this for about 10 secs ? Last edited by neoranjit : 11th August 2009 at 02:01.
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11th August 2009, 01:59	#6
ph03n!x Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Coimbatore Posts: 2,564 Thanked: 5,957 Times	Maybe tad more- 15 i would say.. but the mid 10 seconds were the most felt...
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11th August 2009, 02:01	#7
rr_zen Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 1,799 Thanked: 400 Times View My Garage	Me too ! I was sitting in my office cabin at Ambattur on a call with an onshore counterpart when the whole place started shaking. This is the first time I am experiencing this. I initially thought it was giddiness but then found my entire team rush out of the module. Back to work now !
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11th August 2009, 02:02	#8
ph03n!x Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Coimbatore Posts: 2,564 Thanked: 5,957 Times	News from Google news search- Magnitude 7.6 quake hits off India's Andaman Islands \| U.S. \| Reuters Tsunami Watch Issued For India, Indonesia, Burma, Thailand And Bangladesh After 7.6 Earthquake \| World News \| Sky News Last edited by ph03n!x : 11th August 2009 at 02:03.
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11th August 2009, 02:10	#9
V-16 Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 4,594 Thanked: 950 Times View My Garage	Well thank God all of you guys are well. Lets hope this is not going to be bad news. God bless us all lets hope for the best.
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11th August 2009, 02:10	#10
Edsel Rulez! BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 210 Thanked: 25 Times	Was it restricted to the east coast? Felt it in Bombay as well, and even woke the wife to tell her. The tremors were very mild, but it was kinda freaky. Closer to 1:35 am than 1:30 am though.
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11th August 2009, 02:10	#11
sinner BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Thane - Mumbai Posts: 432 Thanked: 73 Times View My Garage	Any Idea What scale was it in Chennai... Glad to know that everything is well with you Chennai Fokes.
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11th August 2009, 02:11	#12
Thad E Ginathom Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 10,988 Thanked: 26,371 Times	More detail of the scientific kind -->here
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11th August 2009, 02:13	#13
ph03n!x Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Coimbatore Posts: 2,564 Thanked: 5,957 Times	Nothing on the reading at Chennai yet. India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh have been issued the Tsunami warning. Last edited by ph03n!x : 11th August 2009 at 02:20.
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11th August 2009, 02:19	#14
varun911 BHPian Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 63 Thanked: 0 Times	Link to the news Well its up on the news already, A excerpt from Bloomberg - Magnitude-7.7 Quake Hits Andaman Islands, India Area, U.S. Says - Bloomberg.com
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