Tremors were trivial

27 May 2012 11:41 am

The minor tremors felt in different parts of the country on Saturday night had apparently measured between 0.2 and 0.3 on the Richter scale, officials said. The tremors had been felt in areas such as Colombo, Ratnapura, Badulla and Jaffna.

 “The Geological and Mines Survey Bureau which looked into this matter and according to the two earthquake monitoring centres, this was a minor tremor.

We assume that it should have measured somewhere between 0.2 and 0.3 on the Richter scale,” an official from the Disaster Management Centre said.