New Delhi: An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 occurred in the Bay of Bengal yesterday evening. Tremors were felt across India, but there was no tsunami warning and no reports of casualties or damage, officials said. The quake occurred at 9.52 p.m.
“The magnitude of the earthquake was 6.0 on the Richter scale and its epicentre was in the Bay of Bengal,” said an official of the India Meteorological Department in Delhi. People felt the tremors in Delhi too.
“Tremors were felt in Odisha and some districts of West Bengal,” the official added.
In Chennai, people came out of their homes in areas like Adyar, Porur, Kodambakkam, Triplicane, T Nagar and Nungambakkam.
According to the Hyderabad-based Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), the magnitude of the quake was 5.8.
In Kolkata too, people came out on the streets in panic. There was, however, no news of casualties or damage.
Tremors were felt in many places in Odisha, but there were no reports of any damage or injuries, the state’s special relief commissioner P K Mohapatra said. In the state capital and adjoining Cuttack city, people came out of their homes as doors, windows and furniture shook. The quake was felt Kendrapada and Sambalpur too.
Panic griped the sea resorts of Puri and Digha as beds shook, water spilled onto tables and tourists rushed out to the streets from their hotels.
Subrata Nath, a tourist at Digha in East Midnapore district, said power supply was disrupted for a few seconds.
“The beds suddenly started shaking. The power went off for a few seconds. All tourists poured out to the streets in panic. I saw police running. After a few minutes, we understood it was a quake. IANS
