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Subject: 85 KILLED, 300 INJURED IN SEVERE EARTHQUAKE
From: Dr. Jai Maharaj
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 18:47:47 UTC
EARTHQUAKE UPDATE
85 KILLED, 300 INJURED AS SEVERE EARTHQUAKE ROCKS NORTH INDIA
The Indian Express
Monday, March 29, 1999
Chamoli - At least 85 people were killed and nearly 300 injured as a severe earthquake rocked northern India causing widespread devastation in Chamoli and adjoining Rudraprayag districts of Uttar Pradesh shortly after midnight last night, official reports said.
Unofficial reports put the death toll at over 150 with debris of houses razed to the ground still to be cleared in the two
neighbouring districts. Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Yogendra
Narayan confirmed the death toll in Lucknow and said 56 people had been killed in Chamoli and 29 in Rudraprayag, reports PTI.
He said one column of army had been moved from Joshimath, 40 kms from Chamoli, for rescue operations while army and Air Force helicopters flew sorties from Saharanpur and Bareilly to assess the extent of damage. Road links between Chamoli , Gopeshwar and Ukhimath and Karnprayag and Almora have been snapped because of debris of collapsed houses and landslides. Border roads organisation was engaged in operation to restore the road links.
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Subject: KILLER EARTHQUAKE MAPS HERE
From: Dr. Jai Maharaj
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 08:25:28 UTC
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Subject: EARTHQUAKE UPDATE - 1313 HOURS IST, MARCH 29, 1999
From: Dr. Jai Maharaj
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 08:20:00 UTC
EARTHQUAKE UPDATE - 1313 HOURS IST, MARCH 29, 1999
Correspondent Report
By Jim Teeple
Nayee Dillee
Introduction
more than 50 people are dead and hundreds of others have been
injured in northern india, in a strong earthquake. the quake and numerous aftershocks struck the area early monday morning. v-o-a's jim teeple reports authorities say more casualties are expected once they get additional information from the remote area.
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the earthquake measured six-point-eight on the open-ended richter scale -- powerful enough to jolt people awake in new delhi, 300 kilometers away. the epicenter of the quake was near chamoli in uttar pradesh -- nestled in the foothils of the himalayas.
s. n. battacharya -- the deputy director of india's seismology
department says the quake struck at 35 minutes past midnight. he says it was a strong quake and his department has so far recorded numerous aftershocks.
battacharya:
"it is a big earthquake. so, after a big earthquake, you get small magnitude aftershocks. and we have recorded 20 or 21, so far."
a less powerful quake killed about one thousand people in the
region in 1991. authorities say search and rescue teams are in the area but it will be days before they know how many died. (Signed) neb/jlt/wd
March 29, 1999 1313 IST 0743 UTC 2:43 a.m. EST Report 2-247326
Source - Voice of America
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Subject: 50 KILLED IN UP QUAKE
From: Dr. Jai Maharaj
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 08:10:41 UTC
FIFTY KILLED IN UP QUAKE
The Indian Express
Monday, March 29, 1999
Lukhnow - At least 50 people were feared killed and several injured in an earthquake of mild to severe intensity which rocked northern India in the early hours today. Forty-five bodies have been recovered in Chamoli so far, district Police Chief Sridhar Pathak told PTI today. The quake has left at least 37 injured in Chamoli alone, he said, adding the casualties might go up as more reports were trickling in, reports PTI.
District authorities said details are being ascertained about the loss of property owing to the quake which measured 6.8 on the Richter scale with Chamoli as its epicentre. The earthquake, which hit at 12:35 am at latitude 30.2 degree north and longitude 79.5 degree east, was "severe and damaging" and lasted for 30 seconds, Dr S K Srivastava, Additional Director General, Meteorological Department told PTI in New Delhi.The aftershocks were felt around 200 to 300 kms, Srivastava added.
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Subject: 50 KILLED IN U.P. QUAKE
From: Dr. Jai Maharaj
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 08:10:41 UTC
FIFTY KILLED IN UP QUAKE
The Indian Express
Monday, March 29, 1999
Lukhnow - At least 50 people were feared killed and several injured in an earthquake of mild to severe intensity which rocked northern India in the early hours today. Forty-five bodies have been recovered in Chamoli so far, district Police Chief Sridhar Pathak told PTI today. The quake has left at least 37 injured in Chamoli alone, he said, adding the casualties might go up as more reports were trickling in, reports PTI.
District authorities said details are being ascertained about the loss of property owing to the quake which measured 6.8 on the Richter scale with Chamoli as its epicentre. The earthquake, which hit at 12:35 am at latitude 30.2 degree north and longitude 79.5 degree east, was "severe and damaging" and lasted for 30 seconds, Dr S K Srivastava, Additional Director General, Meteorological Department told PTI in New Delhi.The aftershocks were felt around 200 to 300 kms, Srivastava added.
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Subject: 6.8 EARTHQUAKE KILLS ABOUT 50, TOLL EXPECTED TO RISE
From: Dr. Jai Maharaj
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 08:01:21 UTC
Excerpts
[...]
"A powerful earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale
hit northern India early Monday, killing at least 45 people and sparking widespread panic in several cities including New Delhi.
"Police said preliminary reports indicated at least 45 deaths
around the epicentre of the temblor, which struck the remote Kumaon hills of Uttar Pradesh state, bordering China and Nepal, at 00:35 a.m. (1905 UTC).
[...]
"The Press Trust of India quoted official sources in the
Kumaon region as saying 50 bodies had been recovered.
"The precise location of the epicentre was given as latitude
30.2 degrees north and longitude 79.5 degrees east -- around 300 kilometers (190 miles) northeast of New Delhi.
[...]
The worst-hit area appeared to be the town of Chamoli, some 100 kilometres (62 miles) from the epicentre, where at least 30 deaths were reported in house collapses.
[...]
End of Excerpts
Source - Agence France-Presse, Nayee Dillee, Match 29, 1999
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Subject: MIDNIGHT QUAKE JOLTS DILLEE
From: Dr. Jai Maharaj
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 21:09:41 UTC
MIDNIGHT QUAKE JOLTS DELHI
A Staff Reporter in Nayee Dillee
The Pioneer
Monday, March 29, 1999
It was exactly 12.35 am when the residents of Delhi woke up with a terrifying jolt a severe earthquake had rocked the Capital, lasting 30 seconds. Within minutes, there was a second round which was milder and lasted 10 seconds.
In a late-night release the Met office confirmed that an earthquake of severe intensity rocked Northern India (Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, UP and Chandigarh) late on Sunday.
There was no immediate report of any loss of life or damage to
property. However, some buildings developed cracks in Tarang
Apartments in Patparganj. A Met spokesperson said they were trying to gather information about the tremor from their various observatories. The intensity and the epicentre were being ascertained till reports last came in.
In Delhi, the quake was the most severe since 1980. The tremor had virtually all residents running out of their houses in sheer panic.
Though the jolts were felt all over the Capital, panic was
particularly acute in East Delhi where the police vans sounded the warning siren, announcing that everyone should come out of the house to avoid injury.
Incidentally, the Patparganj and Mayur Vihar areas fall in the
seismic fault zone, according to a survey carried out after the Latur quake.
Residents complained of beds rocking violently and almiras being jerked open due to the impact. Some residents of a Patparganj society even took to blowing conch shells in the belief that the resonance counters an earthquake.
A resident in Pitampura ran to check if the TV tower was still in place.
The animals felt it first. As if in warning, crows started crowing and dogs were out in the streets barking ferociously.
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