A mild tremor lasting for a little over 35 seconds rocked parts of Palamu here on Saturday. Residents of Nawa Toli in Daltonganj living on the bank of the river Koyal came out of their houses shouting others to do the same, said one Ishrat Jahan. She said, had this tremor struck at dead of night there would have been far more panic reaction. Those walking in the streets could not feel any tremor said one Rakesh.
Sources said a boy on the top of a tree made a hurried jump when the tree he was on started shaking. The boy was lucky enough not to have his any limb broken.
A photographer of Studio Image having his shop near KG girls high school said his glass pane started shaking making him feel something has gone inside the glass pane. A personnel of a newspaper office located on this road said his chair started rocking abruptly.
Reports from Palamu spoke of no casualty. Cops too felt tremor but as usual they dismissed it said one constable doing traffic duty here. Another traffic cop said the horns and speed of the vehicles hardly give them any chance to feel beneath their feet.