Bengaluru: A loud noise that was heard in Bengaluru, on Wednesday afternoon at about 1.30 pm has left the people of the city wondering about its source and the cause.
Several versions are being circulated on social media about the nature of the noise. While some said it was a ‘boom’ some claimed it was ‘thunderous’. Many more have said that they felt tremors and the windows rattled fllowing the noise.
While the most reliable theory circulating is that of a ‘sonic boom’ from a fighter jet flying over the city, there is no confrimation on the same from the Air Force.
However, no damages have been reported so far.
The sound was heard as far as Cooke Town, Vivek Nagar, Ramamurthy Nagar, Hosur Road, HAL, Old Madras Road, Ulsoor, Kundanahalli, Kammanahalli, CV Raman Nagar, Whitefield and HSR Layout in the city and was more severe in east Bengaluru.
The state-run Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Center (KSNDMC) authorities made it clear that it is not an earth quake.
KSNDMC director V Srinivas Reddy informed that earthquake activity will not be restricted to one area and will be widespread. “We have checked our sensors and there is no earthquake activity recorded today,” he said adding that the Seismometers did not capture any Ground Vibration as generally happens during a mild Tremor.
The activity is purely a loud unknown noise, he said.
Police launched an investigation to find out the source of the noise.
