Earthquakes in Ho Chi Minh City, Vung Tau, Nha Trang, Phu Quy and Binh Thuan

At 22h25 minutes of the night of November 28, a strong tremor rocked the VNU's KTX Zone (Thu Duc District), causing more than 7000 students to panic here.

According to witnesses, the tremor lasted about 20 seconds, causing computers and furniture to shake, especially the upper floors. Still feeling frightened, though the seismic movement went through, many students recounted: "All are studying, the table and chairs are shaking, thinking who is joking but when I see the computer table is shaking, I know that is earthquake ".

The earthquake caused thousands of students living in Ho Chi Minh City National University dormitory to escape from the room, finding a way to make the scene panic. And as you know, the 2 female SNAs who were too scared to faint immediately after leaving the room.

Dormitory of VNU HCMC (Thu Duc District), thousands of students gathered and discussed, and quite a lot of students with psychological confusion did not dare to return to the room for fear.(Photo: VNN)

After the earthquake, thousands of students gathered and discussed, and quite a lot of students with psychological confusion did not dare to return to the room. Even so, the Dormitory Management Board persuaded students to return to their rooms shortly afterwards.

Immediately after the news, the Institute of Geophysics said, this earthquake is about 4.5 to 5 magnitude and occurs in the waters of Khanh Hoa - Binh Thuan , making coastal areas also affected. at level 4-5; in the mainland area is level 3-4.

According to Tuoi Tre newspaper, at 22h15 on November 28, people in the center of Ho Chi Minh City felt a strong shaking caused the buildings to waver. Many residents in the apartment complex rushed out of the house because they had experienced earthquakes before.

The residents of Post Office (District 10) saw the house shaking vigorously, because of the earthquake before everyone had experienced, so quickly ran out of the house. By 22:30, all still did not dare enter the house, gathered in the hallways and under the yard.

Right at the editorial board of Tuoi Tre newspaper, Phu Nhuan district, we also felt very clearly the shaking. Some readers in District 1, District 5, District 12, Go Vap, Tan Binh, Hoc Mon and Thu Duc also called for shaking, although they were only on the first floor.

Mr. Tran Thanh An - Director of Dormitory of Vietnam National University of Ho Chi Minh City said that in the KTX area, the shaking is clearly felt in about 3, 4 seconds. The students from the houses ran to the yard, but because they had witnessed the earthquake last year, they did not panic. Two female students at A8 and A11 fainted while jostling but regained consciousness soon after.

The central apartment buildings are on Tran Nhat Duat street (Q1), both the Doan Van Bo apartment complex (Q4), the apartment building Nguyen Van Dau (Binh Thanh), the people also feel there are 3, 4 times shocks.

As soon as Ho Chi Minh City was bustling because of the earthquake, at 22h22, a phone call of Tuoi Tre CTV from Phu Quy island district - Binh Thuan said that the people on the island saw the house shaking strongly, and were panicking. run out of the house. A business owner at Ngu Phung market - the center of the island - said his ground-floor house also shook so that the couple had to rush out.

Reader Phan Anh Tuan in Vung Tau sent a letter: "At the hour 20g20, there has just been an earthquake in Vung Tau. You can see the vibration of the house and the door. It is not clear where the epicenter occurred and its intensity, but in my opinion, with such vibrations, it is about 5 on the Richter scale, after the tremor, people were in a flurry, many people ran to the street to ask each other. stable and returned home late at night ".

Reader Hoang Thi Ngoan sent a letter: "At about 22h18 in Phan Thiet city and Lagi town, Binh Thuan province, there was an earthquake. There were 2 strong vibrations very fast about 15 seconds, houses shook strongly and shook" .

Information from Nha Trang also indicated that people felt the earthquake very clearly in tall buildings.