Earthquake hits Indonesia again!!!
Walau eh!!! Earthquake hits Indonesia again!!! This time I felt it!!! Really really felt it!!! I just at 4th floor in my office, not say very high up from the sea level but I did felt it, the whole building was swaying left and right. I felt dizzy!!! Asked HHJHTM, she don't have!!! Aiyo.. must busy chatting with boys!!! No doubt it !!! Geez.. still feeling a bit dizzy!!! Dizzyyyy!!!!
SourceJAKARTA, Indonesia - A powerful earthquake hit Indonesia on Wednesday, causing buildings to sway strongly in the capital, and authorities issued a tsunami warning for much of the Indian Ocean region.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.9 and hit at about 6:10 p.m.(7:10 a.m. EDT). It was centered 9.7 miles underground in the southern Sumatra area, the USGS said.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning for wide areas of the region.
"Earthquakes of this size have the potential to generate a widespread destructive tsunami that can affect coastlines across the entire Indian Ocean Basin," it said.
In Jakarta, tall buildings swayed for several minutes, and occupants rushed down the stairs to escape.
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 Sumatra island and triggered a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people in a dozen countries, including 160,000 people in Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh.
2 comments:
got meh? didn't feel squat. Oh I know, I was sleeping on my desk at that time. Serious.
Lol... really or not?? Whole building shaking like macarena like that and you don't felt anything... geezz... pig!!! somemore sleep on the desk!!!
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