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Quake Triggers Tsunami in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A massive [tag]earthquake[/tag] shook [tag/]Indonesia[/tag] on Wednesday, killing seven people, injuring 100 and triggering a small tsunami that hit one city on the island of Sumatra, authorities said. [tag]Tsunami[/tag] warnings were issued for much of the Indian Ocean region.
The 8.2-magnitude quake off [tag]Sumatra[/tag] badly damaged buildings along the coast and could be felt in at least four countries, with tall buildings swaying as far as 1,200 miles away.
It was followed by a series of powerful aftershocks, the strongest of which registered at a magnitude of 6.6 and triggered a second tsunami alert for Indonesia, the meteorological agency reported.
At least seven people were killed in three Sumatran towns, Social Affairs Department official Felix Valentino told the news portal detik.com. Phone lines and electricity also were cut. Most of the damage appeared to be from the quake.
A wave of up to 9 feet was reported to have struck the city of Padang about 20 minutes after the initial quake, said Suhardjono, an official with Indonesia’s meteorological agency, who goes by only one name.
(continue reading from Associate Press )
Original post:
Tsunami warning issued after 7.9 magnitude quake off Sumatra
KUALA LUMPUR: The [tag]Malaysian[/tag] Meteorological Department has issued a tsunami alert after a powerful earthquake struck off Sumatra, Indonesia at 7.10pm.The department has advised people in the northern states of Perlis, Kedah, Perak and [tag]Penang[/tag] to move away from beaches as a safety precaution.Tremors were felt in parts of the west coast of peninsular Malaysia when the quake struck.
(THE STAR)
Faster say goodbye to me, just in case.
**Added : Some old posts
Tsunami Dec 26th, 2004 – The first tremor we felt
The photos of the destructions of the tsunami that killed many people in Penang in 2004
Tremors in 2005 – No tsunami but the tremors was worst than the first time
So, with some seriousness, hope nothing bad happen.
bye …
If your house is not in Batu Feringgi, then why worry lah?
– MENJ
menj – I go Tanjung Tokong for seafood leh?
earl – So long…
Who wants my passwords?
wah lau eh u lilian
think until like that.
Thanks for the alert. I’m scared cause I stay in Tanjong Bunga. Si liao lah… how ar?
Pray!
wahahhahahaha!! gimme ur password first!!
ok lar. in case the tsunami loves u more than i do, you know i lab u lar. but don worry lar, tsunami doesn’t love u lar i believe. 😀
I’m in Kedah…damn!
Woi…take care to avoid the sea and beach… don’t play play!
haha, another SEO post kah? u memang keng le
Ok.. goodbye.. just in case.. like you said.. muahahahha!!
sotong – Real wan lah, you think play play arh? But hor, memang I #1 again lah. Tsunami in Penang. Hehehe.
i will pray for you and your family and all those who are in the area…
gosh… my colleague called me from singapore and told me that she was half way working and they felt tremors!
pray for you and as per your request….bye
I felt the tremors just now at my condo. Everyone walking down the fire escape in panic. It was scary.
Just want to check with you, Penang got feel the tremor?
make a will fast, make sure u spell my name correctly!
Choy, Choy, Choy… I felt a tremor from my 6th floor apartment in Kota Damansara (2 km away from Ikea) for about a few minutes at about 8:20am. I noticed my standing fan swaying left and right. But I told my boss I felt it at 7:30am (8:20am still at home! hahaha).
u still here…. no need to say bai-bai just yet. 😀
i heard an announcement over the emergency speaker just as i masuk lift. but then hor, can’t hear clearly what it was. lucky the lift can still jalan. 😆
Should be a global event now.
I didn’t feel anything at all wor…maybe I was too busy sleeping!
Anyway, I hope you will faster faster do my tag , please?
touch wood touch wood..
hope tsunami no angry calm calm down..