27 November, 2005

Earthquake links

Gulf News story here
Reuters news article here
Iran earthquake report here
UAE earthquake science (video) here
Google News (+earthquake +Iran) here

Click here to read Gulf News' latest, in case their server is still overloaded.
Posted by secretdubai at 4:17 pm

4 comments:

samuraisam said...

kudos to GN for covering it, no other dubai company seems to have covered it

27 November, 2005 16:26
secretdubai said...

Gulf News article:

A 31-year-old Briton who works in Convention Tower close to the World Trade Centre said company bosses ordered his building to be evacuated.

"I felt the entire building shake. I went out of the office and everyone was staring at each other asking if they had felt it too. People were confused. Then the building shook again.

"It was almost like somebody had shaken your table slowly and steadily. The whole thing happened very slowly," he said.

A National Bank of Dubai employee from Syria said his offices were abandoned too and staff were sent home early.

"People came running from upstairs. We were evacuated from the building and then people were told to go back inside, collect their things and leave," he said.

Amal, an owner of a Travel Agency in Deira said: "At first I started looking for the person who was shaking my desk. Then I realised that it was an earthquake.

Robyn M, working in an office in the Garhoud area of Dubai felt her building shaking " At first I thought it was somebody behind me moving my chair, until I noticed everyone else was in the same situation."

Edmond Kasparian, also in Garhoud said he felt 'A rolling and pitching sensation, as if the building was swaying."

"My staff and I evacuated the office instantly. I headed home directly to check on my kids. I'm afraid of staying at home because its on the fifth level. We aren't returning to office unless we knew what had really happened."

Zeina Elias, a Jumeirah resident, plans to camp with her kids and husband in the garden after the tremors.

27 November, 2005 16:30
secretdubai said...

Gulf News article:

UAE rocked by Iran quake

Staff Report

Dubai: The Dubai area has experienced tremors emanating from an earthquake in southern Iran.

The quake measuring 6.1 on the richter scale, had its epicentre in the south of Iran.

The US Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center, reported that the quake struck at 1.52pm at a spot just 65km southwest of Bandar Abbas.

The epicentre is just 115km north of Ras Al Khaimah and 80km north north west of Al Khasab in Oman.

Residents of Ras Al Khaimah, Al Ain and Dubai reported feeling the quake.

Some tall buildings and skyscrapers around Shaikh Zayed Road and Dubai Media City were evacuated.

Emirates Towers and the National Bank of Dubai were cleared of people after the tremors.

The CNN building and the tall Al Thuraya Tower in Media City were also evacuated. The duty forecaster at Dubai International Airport said the tremor had not been felt in their offices and that services had been unaffected.

27 November, 2005 16:39
silentmode_v2 said...

posted some pics as well on my site...

27 November, 2005 18:40

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