This Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Tremors!!!
Gosh.. experienced twice in a day aredi.. please stop! getting **dizzy**
Dis was my first experience with tremors or even earthquakes. Didn't experience any of them when i went to Japan many years back *phew* . I was like pressing the table to try to stop it from swaying (siao, u think u superwoman ar), and all prepared to dive under the table to take cover.
But of course, there's no need for that. Some japanese in my company couldnt even feel the swaying.. maybe they have experienced worse ones over there. Anyway, our company didn't evacuate.. maybe they thought everywhere oso high-rise buildings. Go home oso high-rise building.. not much difference oso.
Jes and Winston can knock off early.. so good.. I cannot =__=.
Tremors felt in Singapore after quake rocks Sumatra
Posted: 06 March 2007 1214 hrs
Singapore's Meteorological Services Division said an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter Scale struck Padang, Indonesia at about 11.50am on Tuesday.
The epicentre was 50 kilometres north-northeast of Padang, on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia and some 430 kilometres south-west of Singapore.
Tremors were also 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
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