Omalur people claim mild tremors, officials deny

People in Kaadayampatti and surrounding villages said they felt the tremors for a few seconds. When contacted by UNI, an official of the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) said there are no records of any tremor.

However, he said amild earthquake, measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale, wasfelt at around 0006 hours in Arunachal Pradesh. ‘’It might have had its impact at Omalur. But it is not recorded’’, the official said. ‘’Even if it is very minor, it would have been recorded. But it has not been recorded’’, the officialsaid, ruling it out as tremors. The official said it would have been due to sinking of bore wells, putting up pile foundation for high rise buildings and bursting of explosives in stone quarries. ‘’But people think it as tremors’’, the official said.