Tremors felt in Malaysia after quake strikes Sumatra

[Jet]

KUALA LUMPUR: Tremors were felt in parts of peninsular Malaysia and Singapore after an earthquake struck southern Sumatra at 11.50am.

There is no threat of a tsunami, the Meteorological Department said.

The earthquake measured 5.8 on the Richter scale, it said.

Meanwhile the AP reported from Jakarta:

A powerful earthquake in western Indonesia killed at least four people Tuesday, flattening hundreds of buildings and overwhelming hospitals on Sumatra island, officials and witnesses said.

It was felt hundreds of kilometers (miles) away in Singapore, where some office buildings were evacuated, and in neighbouring Malaysia.

The magnitude 6.3 quake killed at least two children, a teacher and a woman in a market in the Sumatran town of Solok, said police spokesman Supriadi, adding that hundreds of buildings collapsed, including a state bank.

At least two hospitals were struggling to cope with a flood of patients, many of them suffering cuts and broken bones, said Supriadi, who like many Indonesians goes by only one name.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the tremor had a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 and struck 50 kilometers (around 30 miles) from Padang, a city on Sumatra's western coast.

It had a depth of 33 kilometers (about 20 miles).

"Everything in my house were fell down... a cabinet hit me,'' said Rahma Nurjana, a Padang resident.

"My neighbor's house collapsed.''

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said the earthquake occurred on land, meaning no tsunami warnings would be issued.

The tremor was felt in Singapore, 430 kilometers (265 miles) from the epicenter, forcing the evacuation of several older office buildings, TV station Channel NewsAsia reported.

Residents in Malaysia's largest city, Kuala Lumpur, also reported tremors.

Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire,'' an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.

In December 2004, a massive earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island and triggered a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people, including 131,000 people in Indonesia's Aceh province alone.

A tsunami off Java island last year killed nearly 5,000.
source: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp...658&sec=nation

Did u feel the shake?? Most of us felt it but i didn't..Was busy doing the farking programing.. And thanks to the quake the whole class for today has been canceled...

[zy]

no .. i didnt feel

[sunsetbay]

many parts of spore detected the tremors as well but i missed the "opportunity" to feel the earthquake cos i was in the bus.

[ZuePhok]

felt it twice. in my office

[Falcone]

I was having lunch with a supplier, at first I though it must be the wine.

[Adrian Wong]

Woah.. Everyone felt it??? How come I didn't???

[Jet]

Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Woah.. Everyone felt it??? How come I didn't???

Me too.. Miss the opportunity..

Anyway, one of old buildings in my campus was seen "shaking". The quake really got that strong meh??

[Papercut]

sprankiko and I felt it while we were in Sim Lim. Tbh, being buried in hardware wouldn't have been a bad way to go

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by Jet

Me too.. Miss the opportunity..

Anyway, one of old buildings in my campus was seen "shaking". The quake really got that strong meh??

LOL! That's an opportunity I don't mind missing.

[Max_87]

Damn was having some hawt action on my bed