Panic over the sudden development, the residents came out of their houses
Hyderabad: A micro tremor measuring 1.5 on the Richter scale was recorded in areas between Gajularamaram and Kompally in Hyderabad on Tuesday morning. Experts allayed concerns over the event as Hyderabad is not a seismically active zone and such minor tremors are not harmful.
The microseismic event occurred at 10.17 am and was detected by a seismology observatory station at the CSIR–National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad.
Dr D Shashidhar, scientist-E, department of seismology, CSIR-NGRI, explained that data of Micro events are recorded using online data from the 4 stations across Telangana and AP including the nearest one NGRI Observatory.
We have additional stations across the two states, he added.
“It appears to be a very small event, but we will collect data from other centres and analyse it further to rule out whether it was a natural tremor or an explosion-related event,” he said.
Videos circulating on social media showed residents of a gated community, along with a watchman and a delivery executive, briefly running outdoors after experiencing the tremor, which was reportedly accompanied by a loud sound lasting a few seconds.
