Mock Earthquake Drill

A monster earthquake of 9.2 magnitude was simulated on Wednesday morning south of Sumatra in Indonesia for a two-day tsunami drill, in which 23 countries are participating.

The parachutes slowly float down from Chinook helicopters, first carrying boxes of supplies and then the paratroopers who set up a field operations center as part of a readiness drill for a megaquake and tsunami.

China today held its biggest-ever mock drill in the northern Hebei Province with relief and rescue workers simulating a 6.6-magnitude earthquake to check their preparedness following Nepal's devastating temblor.

After the devastating earthquake in Nepal, Delhi government today decided to conduct mock drills to check preparedness of the government agencies to deal with disasters and also chalked out a disaster management plan having broad guidelines.

At 10.30 am on Wednesday, the Himachal Pradesh capital was roused to action as hooters blared, announcing an earthquake. Residents scurried even though the quake could not quite be felt.

A mock earthquake drill in Gurgaon failed on Thursday because of non-cooperation of other agencies, including an expressway contractor, volunteers have said, and added that the equipment did not work and a hospital failed to provide stretchers for dummy victims.

A mock earthquake rescue drill will be held in Gurgaon, including on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, on Thursday and will affect traffic, an official said on Wednesday.

Delhi on Tuesday witnessed a major coordinated mockdrill under which simulated incidents of fire, earthquake and bomb blasts were enacted in 33 locations to check medical response system of prominent city hospitals.

All Metro trains came to a grinding halt at 11 am today and commuters were given different reasons for it - bomb blast, earthquake and terrorist strike, but everything was normal in less than an hour.

A mock drill will be conducted in Gurgaon on July 20 by the Haryana state and district administration in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to test the level of preparedness for an earthquake, an official said on Saturday.

The ramshackle neighbourhoods of northeast Delhi are home to 2.2 million people packed along narrow alleys. Buildings are made from a single layer of brick. Extra floors are added to dilapidated buildings not meant to handle their weight. Tangles of electrical cables hang precariously everywhere.

At 11.30 this morning, a siren sounded in several parts of Delhi. It announced a massive emergency drill to evaluate the city's preparedness for an intensive earthquake. On trial were government agencies, emergency forces, hospitals, and residents.

A mock tsunami caused by a 9.2 magnitude earthquake will cross the north-west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, between 6.30 am and 5.30 pm IST today followed by an Indian Ocean-wide tsunami which will ultimately strike the coast of South Africa.

A monster earthquake of 9.2 magnitude was simulated on Wednesday morning south of Sumatra in Indonesia for a two-day tsunami drill, in which 23 countries are participating.

The parachutes slowly float down from Chinook helicopters, first carrying boxes of supplies and then the paratroopers who set up a field operations center as part of a readiness drill for a megaquake and tsunami.

China today held its biggest-ever mock drill in the northern Hebei Province with relief and rescue workers simulating a 6.6-magnitude earthquake to check their preparedness following Nepal's devastating temblor.

After the devastating earthquake in Nepal, Delhi government today decided to conduct mock drills to check preparedness of the government agencies to deal with disasters and also chalked out a disaster management plan having broad guidelines.

At 10.30 am on Wednesday, the Himachal Pradesh capital was roused to action as hooters blared, announcing an earthquake. Residents scurried even though the quake could not quite be felt.

A mock earthquake drill in Gurgaon failed on Thursday because of non-cooperation of other agencies, including an expressway contractor, volunteers have said, and added that the equipment did not work and a hospital failed to provide stretchers for dummy victims.

A mock earthquake rescue drill will be held in Gurgaon, including on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, on Thursday and will affect traffic, an official said on Wednesday.

Delhi on Tuesday witnessed a major coordinated mockdrill under which simulated incidents of fire, earthquake and bomb blasts were enacted in 33 locations to check medical response system of prominent city hospitals.

All Metro trains came to a grinding halt at 11 am today and commuters were given different reasons for it - bomb blast, earthquake and terrorist strike, but everything was normal in less than an hour.

A mock drill will be conducted in Gurgaon on July 20 by the Haryana state and district administration in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to test the level of preparedness for an earthquake, an official said on Saturday.

The ramshackle neighbourhoods of northeast Delhi are home to 2.2 million people packed along narrow alleys. Buildings are made from a single layer of brick. Extra floors are added to dilapidated buildings not meant to handle their weight. Tangles of electrical cables hang precariously everywhere.

At 11.30 this morning, a siren sounded in several parts of Delhi. It announced a massive emergency drill to evaluate the city's preparedness for an intensive earthquake. On trial were government agencies, emergency forces, hospitals, and residents.

A mock tsunami caused by a 9.2 magnitude earthquake will cross the north-west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, between 6.30 am and 5.30 pm IST today followed by an Indian Ocean-wide tsunami which will ultimately strike the coast of South Africa.