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BREAKING: Tremor Hits Dhaka, Bangladesh
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by uncultured | July 26, 2008 at 02:27 pm
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Reporting from Dhaka - A moderate (5.6 on the Richter scale) earthquake recently hit Dhaka (the capital city of Bangladesh) a little more than 3 hours ago (at 12:52 am local time) as reported by The Daily Star.
I can actually confirm this through first hand experience. A few hours ago I was startled by what, at first, I thought to be someone shaking my chair. I then realized that everything was shaking. The whole incident lasted less than a minute.
I decided to hastily jot down when this happened on - of all places - on my Twitter account (the first time Twitter is used to tweet a tremor in real-time?). Confirmation of the tremor from local news sources than come three hours later.
I can actually confirm this through first hand experience. A few hours ago I was startled by what, at first, I thought to be someone shaking my chair. I then realized that everything was shaking. The whole incident lasted less than a minute.
I decided to hastily jot down when this happened on - of all places - on my Twitter account (the first time Twitter is used to tweet a tremor in real-time?). Confirmation of the tremor from local news sources than come three hours later.
More information as it becomes available.
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Reporting from Dhaka - NowPublic user Uncultured
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at 14:44 on July 26th, 2008
This is breaking news at time of posting - unfortunately I don't have the user-level to flag it as such...
at 14:52 on July 26th, 2008
uncultured, thanks for getting this story out so quickly. It will now show up on the home page for four hours. If new developments justify it, I'll renew this flag for another cycle.
at 14:55 on July 26th, 2008
Thanks for this. I'll keep my eye open for updates too.
at 15:33 on July 26th, 2008
uncultured, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 15:36 on July 26th, 2008
Some extra information:
Source: afp.google.com
at 16:04 on July 26th, 2008
The USGS are now reporting the earthquake as 4.9 magnitude.
at 16:09 on July 26th, 2008
Source: earthquake.usgs.gov
at 16:10 on July 26th, 2008
Thanks for the picture Vinny - I was trying to find one, but had less luck!
at 16:29 on July 26th, 2008
uncultured, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 17:36 on July 26th, 2008
uncultured, I like this story. It's good stuff.
I thought I 'gs-ed' this already!
at 06:30 on July 27th, 2008
Great work- way to use what you have on hand!