Tremors of earthquake were also experienced in Indore with people in many areas of the city, particularly those living in high-rise apartments, offices experiencing minor jolts.
Apparently in an awe of shock, people rushed out of these buildings and came onto the roads and streets for safety. The intensity of the quake in Indore on the Richter scale has been measured at 4.2.
like in many parts of the country, earthquake jolts were experienced in Indore at around 11.27 am. Experiencing tremors, people living in high-rise residential and commercial buildings, especially in central and northern parts of the city, rushed out for safety.
From data received from micro seismograph located at Pandhana in Khandwa district, the intensity of this quake has been measured at 4.2. According to seismograph, the first tremor was experienced at 10.42 am with its epicenter being presumed to be 1,890 kms away from Indore.
People living in high-rise buildings on A B Road, Vijay Nagar, Palasia locality, R & T Marg mostly experienced the tremors and its maximum impact was observed at Industry House located on A B Road. Soon after experiencing jolts and tremors, people rushed out of their offices and buildings.
At Industry House, the security in-charge of the building swiftly got the whole building vacated following a warming signal.
A software professional Tanay Shrivastav working in a software company located on the 7th flood of the Industry House recalling the incident said that at around 12 pm while he was sitting in his office along with his colleagues, felt giddiness and thereafter, felt jerk in his chair. Then one of his colleagues came to him saying that whole building was shaking. In the meantime, safety alarms rang and finally, I came to know that it was an earthquake jolt, Tanay said.
Besides Industry House, tremors were also felt at Corporate Centre Building and Chetak Centre and Jhabua Tower at R & T Marg, Vikram Urbane building Vijay Nagar, Shekhar Planet, Palasia, C 21 Mll, Central Mall and in localities surrounding Regal square, Sapna Sangeeta road, City Centre building on MG Road, Sarafa locality, Dewas Naka, Niranjanpur, in areas surrounding Pardeshipura, Electronics Complex.
At C 21 Mall, people while shopping when experienced tremors. They rushed out of the mall for safety. Tremors were also felt at many schools in the city. No loss of life or property, however, has been reported from any part of the city on account of earthquake.