My OperaEarthquake in Delhi
Monday, November 26, 2007 8:17:59 PM
Early this morning our whole family woke up to giant rumbling sounds and vibration of our house. The windows in the bathrooms were shaking. It took a while before our sleepy minds realized that we just witnessed an earthquake! While the rest of the family started the preparations for the evacuation of the house, I rushed out in pajamas to check the situation in front of our building. Few people were already gathered there, talking and considering the next move. Finally after waiting for any further signs of the continuation, we decided to go back to bed. In the morning the earthquake was the main topic of discussion both at work and at the school. A quick check on the internet gave us the required information. It was a "minor" earthquake at only 4.3 Richter's scale. The center of the earthquake was near the border of the Gurgaon and Delhi. Luckily, no lives were lost or major damages to the property. Recently the whole of South East Asia has been suffering some sort of seismic activation. Indonesia has had the worst share of the recent earthquakes in this region. Luckily India is not considered as one of the worst places!
