Rahul Gandhi News: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi was talking to the students of Chicago University in the US when there was a strong earthquake on Friday night. Since Rahul was in Delhi, he felt the tremors of an earthquake.
The tremor was felt in many parts of the country including New Delhi, Delhi-NCR on Friday night. At that time, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi was interacting with the students of Chicago University online. The earthquake was very powerful and had its epicenter in Tajikistan. The seismology department had earlier erroneously reported that the epicenter of the earthquake was centered at a depth of 19 km in Amritsar, Punjab. However, he later issued a revised statement confirming that the earthquake actually struck Tajikistan. The department said that the mistake was caused by software.
Rahul gave such a response,
Bahrahal, when Rahul was speaking, he felt shocked. He said between his statements- it seems that there has been an earthquake. He was at the zoom meeting. When Rahul spoke about the earthquake, a person appearing on the screen gave a light smile.
#earthquake @RahulGandhi in between in a live interview when earthquake happened.#earthquake pic.twitter.com/GRp9sxHoMY
— Rohit Yadav (@RohitnVicky) February 12, 2021
Omar Abdullah said- The earthquake was tremendous
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah tweeted, “No shock in Srinagar since the 2005 earthquake was so powerful that forced me to move out of the house. I took the blanket and Ran. I don’t even remember taking the phone with me, so I couldn’t tweet ‘earthquake’ when the ground was shaking. ”
Not since the earthquake of 2005 have the tremors in Srinagar been bad enough to force me out of the house. I grabbed a blanket & ran. I didn’t remember to take my phone & so was unable to tweet “earthquake” while the damn ground was shaking.
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) February 12, 2021
Amarinder Singh said- All is well,
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh tweeted, “There is no information yet of damage in Amritsar or other parts of Punjab after the earthquake. Top officials of Punjab Police and local administration are keeping an eye on the situation Are. Praying for everyone’s safety. ”
No reports of any damage so far in Amritsar or other parts of Punjab following the #earthquake. Top officials of @PunjabPoliceInd & local administration are keeping a close watch on the situation. Praying for everyone’s safety. https://t.co/DKNNvFMPwE
— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) February 12, 2021
Initially incorrect information, then improved
National Seismology Center (NCS) said that the earthquake measured 6.3. The earthquake occurred at 10.34 pm. NCL operations chief JL Gautam said, “The epicenter of the earthquake was Tajikistan. Initial investigations revealed that the center was Amritsar. We have revised that information.” At the same time, M Rajeevan, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, said that the message was taken by ‘fault in the system’ and it has been rectified. The NCS said that there were two tremors in the earthquake, at 10.31 in Tajikistan and 10.34 in Amritsar. Later, Gautam said, “One blow came.”
