‘Legs Still Shaking’: Guwahati Residents Recall Massive Assam Earthquake

‘Legs Still Shaking’: Following a 5.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Assam on a Thursday, the National Centre of Seismology, people living in the city of Guwahati, panicked.

The survivors of the Capital of Assam recounted the experiences they had when they had experienced the fierce tremors amid the aftermath of the quake.

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Taking to social media platform X, one user shared “The earthquake was so terrifying that my legs are still shaking.” Another one claimed to believe that the roof would collapse even though the shakes were still going on.

“It felt like it would never stop. For a minute, I thought I was dead. I genuinely believed the roof would cave in,” a Guwahati resident, Anita Goswami, told HT.

The earthquake occurred at 4.41pm with Udalguri district as the epicentre. According to the authorities the depth of the earthquake was 5 km. According to PTI news agency, the news does not mention any loss to lives or destruction of any property immediately.

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In the meantime, the union minister and ex-Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal had prayed to the people of the region and the quake victims to continue living safely and well. “Major earthquake in Assam. My prayers for everyone's safety and well-being. Urge all to stay alert!” Sonowal said in a post on X.

One of the other occupants described the tremors as being gradually increasing with time and that they believed that the quake would conclude soon. “But it didn’t, and that’s when I started to panic. My brother was upstairs, and I kept thinking, what if the roof caves in?” they said.

“I felt the tremor. It was dangerous!!!” a user posted on X.

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