UAE Community Blog: Tremors?

10 September, 2008

Tremors?

Anybody felt any mild tremors today at around 3:05pm?

Update: Never mind, apparently it did happen.
Source Gulf News: http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Environment/10243956.html

24 comments:

Anonymous said...: felt it here in new Karama...my mom felt the sofa she was sitting on vibrate...my friend called too..he experienced the bed and his refigerator...he stays on the Trade Centre road.; 10 September, 2008 15:19
Anonymous said...: Yes a ton of us felt it see here http://search.twitter.com/search?q=earthquake

bunch of buildings around DIC/DMC had an early warning system which sounded and people evacuated.; 10 September, 2008 15:22
Anonymous said...: A lot of people felt it http://search.twitter.com/search?q=earthquake

The focal point was southern iran with 6.2; 10 September, 2008 15:23
Anonymous said...: There was a 6.1 earthquake in southern Iran:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index.php?smp=&lang=eng; 10 September, 2008 15:25
ghoonk said...: Yep, there was an earthquake in Iran.

See http://www.earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008wua9.php

Was in Media City when it hit; 10 September, 2008 15:37
Anonymous said...: Thousands evacuated as earthquake hits Dubai

The quake's epicentre was in southern Iran, about 316km from Abu Dhabi, but strong tremors were felt in the UAE and evacuation plans were put into place along Sheikh Zayed Road, including the Dubai International Financial Centre and Emirates Towers.

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/; 10 September, 2008 15:53
Kyle said...: Got a call from Sharjah about a tremor, don't know about Dubai though!; 10 September, 2008 16:02
Anonymous said...: heard about it but didn't feel anything ... in which area are you?; 10 September, 2008 16:02
MaliZOMG said...: It was felt in Bur Dubai and Sharjah. Some people in DMC & DIC also felt it..; 10 September, 2008 16:07
www.hallodubai.com said...: yes i did! our building was shaking!!!; 10 September, 2008 16:13
Mme Cyn said...: CNN says it was a good-sized earthquake in southern Iran.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/10/iran.earthquake/index.html; 10 September, 2008 16:19
Mme Cyn said...: Oops -- you've already given a link....; 10 September, 2008 16:19
Anonymous said...: I don't know about buildings swaying but my bed definitely moved!; 10 September, 2008 18:09
Em said...: didn't feel it. was on the road.; 10 September, 2008 19:22
Dubai Jazz said...: didnt feel it even though i was home on the fifth floor of mediocrely constructed building :); 10 September, 2008 21:13
Anonymous said...: I was at LOFT 2,DMC along with a colleague at that time. We did not even know there was an earthquake.; 10 September, 2008 21:48
AJ said...: oh yeah, i was eating in the sofa and it moves..then our windchimes made sounds too..half of the people in our building in sharjah went down fast, but i rather go ahead eating..

i got lot of calls after..; 10 September, 2008 22:37
i*maginate said...: Exactly that time. I felt a shake, same kind as last time Iran quake sent a vibration towards the UAE.

My windbells started chiming. I thought it was the construction.

It is a sad, sad thing. All hopes and prayers to anyone who's affected.; 10 September, 2008 22:54
BuJ said...: was it really serious? no structural damage i hope....

would be very bad if u were concreting a slab when the earthquake happened...; 11 September, 2008 01:57
BuJ said...: lol Dubai Jazz.. i bet you felt it, coz most of these buildings u describe were adnan safarini creations hahaha

i guess i shouldn't say this publicly.. bas the earthquake is from god, no?; 11 September, 2008 01:58
Buddy dela Cruz said...: I felt that tremor in DAFZA, but at first no one believes in me... SOme say I'm still drunk...; 11 September, 2008 02:05
Dubai Jazz said...: well Bujassem, the direct reasons are the movements and collisions of the tectonic plates on the crust of our earth. As for anything beyond that, I usually try to keep my speculations to myself. :P; 11 September, 2008 09:08
Stained said...: I slept through it... :|; 11 September, 2008 19:05
Anonymous said...: Wonder how it must have been in upper reaches of Burj Dubai!
-FR; 12 September, 2008 10:06