Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Did u feel the shake this morning? Well I did man. It happened around 11.50am ba. (haha get the timing from the net cuz i cant remember when it happened) It' the 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia's Sumatra island that caused tremors felt in many parts of Singapore.
Suprisingly at that time when the tremor was felt, I was reading newspaper on my bed, and that's when I felt I'm swaying left and right unconsciously. It went on arond 5 to 10 mins ba, but the exact duration that the tremors were felt in Singapore was not stated.
And after reading the news on the net, actually there was a second round of tremors felt in Singapore around 1.50pm. Haha I didn't felt second round tremors because I was sleeping. o.o!
Below is the abstract article on the today's quake in Sumatra.
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Tremors felt in Singapore after quake rocks Sumatra Singapore's Meteorological Services Division said an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter Scale struck Padang, Indonesia at about 11.50am on Tuesday.
A second round of tremors was felt in Singapore at around 1.50pm. The epicentre of the quake was 50 kilometres north-northeast of Padang, on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia and some 430 kilometres south-west of Singapore. Tremors were felt in many parts of Singapore.
Callers to the MediaCorp News Hotline said they felt tremors in areas such as Beach Road, Jalan Besar, Robinson Road, Shunfu and Toa Payoh. Some buildings, like the Concourse at Beach Road, Capital Square and Centennial Tower in the city, and even Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Clementi, were evacuated.
Witnesses said several tall buildings in the central business district swayed slightly. Traders said there was little or no impact on financial markets trading.
If you too felt the tremors and have any details, do call us on the news hotline at 68222268.
You can also send your pictures and videos to yournews@channelnewsasia.com. - CNA/ch
