India, Feb. 13 -- Residents of buildings at Charkop Sector No 8 experienced major vibrations on Wednesday afternoon due to the pile testing work on the Charkop interconnector of the Coastal Road.

Residents, including those staying on the top floors of the seven-storied Sea Mist building, said they panicked and ran down. "Our bed shook and the window panes started rattling in our sixth-floor flat, scaring my wife who locked the door and rushed downstairs," said Satish Sawant. Added Nishang Ashar. "My wife and child were at home and they thought there was an earthquake."

Sea Mist's secretary Bharat Jagtap told HT that while a structural audit of every flat in the buildings near the Coastal Road work site was conducted in September last ye...