Did the Indonesian earthquake cause tremors across Malayasia?”
A powerful underwater earthquake has struck off the the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island. The 7.9 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday damaged hundreds of houses, destroyed bridges and started fires in the costal city of Padang, witnesses told local television. It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties. “Hundreds of houses have been damaged along the road,” the Reuters news agency quoted a witness in Padang as saying. “There are some fires, bridges are cut and there is extreme panic here maybe because water pipes are broken and there is flooding in the streets.” The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued regional tsunami warning following the earthquake, but the warning was cancelled soon afterwards. The Indonesian earthquake comes just hours after a series of tsunamis caused death and devastation on the Pacific island nations of American and Western Samoa. Padang, the capital of Indonesia’s West Sumatra province, sits on one of the world’s most active fault lines along
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 (Bernama) — An earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale rocked southern Sumatra, Indonesia at 6.15pm Wednesday, causing tremors to be felt across Peninsular Malaysia, especially in high-rise buildings. The Fire and Rescue Department in all states were inundated with phone calls as soon as the tremors were felt, but there were no reports of accidents or victims trapped in elevators. However, the fire-fighters are still patrolling all areas to monitor the situation. In KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) English sub-editor Muharyani Othman was working on the first floor of the 15-floor Wisma Bernama when she felt her computer screen vibrate and the newsroom tremble. “I held on to the edge of my desk and asked my colleagues around whether there was an earthquake or tremor somewhere in the region. After a lapse of a few seconds, the Bernama building shook again. By that time I saw many of my colleagues rushing out of the newsroom to leave the
n earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale rocked southern Sumatra, Indonesia at 6.15pm Wednesday, causing tremors to be felt across Peninsular Malaysia, especially in high-rise buildings. The Fire and Rescue Department in all states were inundated with phone calls as soon as the tremors were felt, but there were no reports of accidents or victims trapped in elevators. However, the fire-fighters are still patrolling all areas to monitor the situation. In KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) English sub-editor Muharyani Othman was working on the first floor of the 15-floor Wisma Bernama when she felt her computer screen vibrate and the newsroom tremble.
