Secret Behind ‘Mysterious Sound’ Beneath The Ground In Wayanad Revealed
Residents in the landslide-hit Edakkal area of Wayanad were alarmed by a mysterious noise emanating from beneath the ground, causing fear and anxiety.
New Delhi: National Centre for Seismology (NCS), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) herewith confirms that there is likely to be no herbal earthquake recorded in Wayanad and its adjoining areas by any of the Seismographic stations installed interior the State of Kerala or its ambiance on 09.08.2024.
The felt tremor stated by media sources with rumbling sound is likely to be as a fruits of shifting of unstable rock masses gathered throughout landslides from one level to other curb down level for more desirable stabilization which have generated subterranean acoustic vibration as a fruits of frictional energy.
This energy has the risk of propagating as much as hundreds of kilometres thru sub-surface cracks and fractures involving sub-surface lineaments which may perhaps have brought on rumbling sounds with ground vibration interior the areas as a herbal phenomenon interior the landslide susceptible zones.
No need of panic as a fruits of this acoustic subterranean vibration as no Earthquake has been recorded the day handed by by the National Seismological Community ascribed to National Centre for Seismology (NCS), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES).
To undergo in intellect, residents interior the landslide-hit Edakkal field of Wayanad district, Kerala, were alarmed by a mysterious noise emanating from lower than the ground, causing fear and anxiety amongst locals. The unsettling sound, accompanied by a sudden jerk-like sensation, ended in great theme prompting immediate action from authorities authorities.
The Kerala State Catastrophe Administration Authority (KSDMA) rapidly spoke to come again by investigating seismic recordsdata and conducting on-site inspections to determine the provision of the disturbance.
Even with preliminary investigations, no seismic online sport indicating ground action grew to become detected.
The incident grew to become stated around 10.15 am, elevating fear amongst residents. A panchayat ward member expressed the ambiance of fear to a news channel.
(With PIB inputs)
What's Your Reaction?
