Many posted pictures of individuals on the streets following the mysterious sound.
A mysterious loud sound was heard in Karnataka’s Shivamogga district on Thursday night time, adopted by what a lot of Twitter claimed to be tremors.
The sound was heard round 10:20 pm in Shivamogga, and led to experiences of tremors even from close by Chikkamagaluru district.
It’s presently unclear what triggered the loud sound, with many on Twitter questioning if it was a sonic increase or an earthquake.
Neither the Nationwide Centre for Seismology or United States Geological Survey (USGS) web sites present any file of an earthquake within the area. A Met officer too instructed reporters that thus far no earthquake has been recorded.
Many posted pictures of shattered glasses and minor injury to buildings and other people on the streets following the mysterious sound.
Enormous sound in Shimoga. Vibration felt in complete of Shimoga. Everybody on the highway making an attempt to determine what occurred. Unusual. Hopefully one thing minor.
— SK (@logical_sk) January 21, 2021
Heavy sound and homes felt shaking in #Shivamogga All ppl exterior homes at 10:20PM! Any house vaccum launch or #earthquake
Enormous sound in Shimoga. Vibration felt in complete of Shimoga. Everybody on the highway making an attempt to determine what occurred. Unusual. Hopefully one thing minor— Darshan p Gowda (@DarshanpGowda5) January 21, 2021
Shivamogga is Chief Minister BS Yeddiyurappa’s residence district.
Final yr, in Might, residents of Bengaluru were left puzzled by a mysterious boom, that later turned out to be the sonic increase of a take a look at plane.