At 8:05 a.m. this morning, March 25, Mr. Truong Van Trinh in Noi Xuy Xa village, My Duc, Hanoi was sitting in the kitchen having breakfast when he felt a strong shaking.
I sat on the chair. Plastic chair but the chair is tilted. Pots and pans hung on the kitchen wall and moved back and forth. The shaking phenomenon happened for about 4-5 seconds,” Mr. Trinh said.
Noticing something unusual, Mr. Trinh rushed out into the street. His house was near a main road, but at that time he did not see any large trucks. Mr. Trinh ran past and knew for sure it was an earthquake.
“Previously, I also felt a similar shaking phenomenon and then saw the mass media reporting it was an earthquake. . So this time I reacted quickly by running out into the street. When I went online, I saw many people sharing that they were experiencing the same situation,” Mr. Trinh said.
Mr. Le Van No (in Dong Mit 2 village, Dong Tam commune) also felt it The shaking phenomenon was evident at about 8:50 a.m.
This man immediately ran out to the yard. He saw neighbors panicking and asked why he was on the second floor and saw furniture shaking Unsteady. Mr. No commented that it was most likely an earthquake.
“My assessment was correct when I saw many people in the neighborhood also shared that they were dizzy as if they had just experienced a vestibular attack. ” Mr. No said.
While working away from home, Mr. Nguyen Son received a text message that there had been an earthquake where he lived. This man quickly checked his home’s security camera and saw a tremor lasting about 3-4 seconds. Hearing the noise, the dog outside the house jumped up to listen. The coffee table on the floor vibrated.
“The furniture was not damaged, but my wife panicked and had to run outside to observe,” Mr. Son said after watching video from the security camera of his house in the commune. Dong Tam My Duc.
While eating breakfast in a restaurant, Ms. Vu Thu (in Dong Tam commune) also saw the corrugated iron roof shaking.
“I thought the car was going I passed by but there were no cars on the street. People in the restaurant were busy, but I sat still for a while and then I felt normal again p>In many areas of My Duc district, people said that beds and furniture in the house vibrated slightly but it happened very quickly, measured in seconds.
Information from the Institute of Geophysics said that according to Observed at 1:50 a.m. (GMT) on March 25, or 8:50 a.m. (Hanoi time) on March 25, 2024, a 4.0 degree earthquake occurred at the coordinates (20,770 degrees North latitude, 105,720 degrees East longitude) The focal depth is about 16km.
The earthquake occurred in My Duc district, Hanoi. Natural disaster risk level is level 0.
The Earthquake Information and Tsunami Warning Center – Institute of Geophysics is continuing to monitor this earthquake.
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