I felt tremors in Bukit Batok!
I was sitting comfortably on my chair when it started to vibrate a little. It thought the Gundam robots are here. My elephant behaved differently too, it used to be balanced on my round CD compartment, it sort of fell onto the ground. I heard that there is an earthquake in Sumatra or something. The tremors stopped already of course.
Tremors felt around Singapore, some buildings evacuated
Singapore’s Meteorological Services Division says an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter Scale struck Padang, Indonesia at about 11.50am 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 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.
Source: ChannelNewsAsia
Okay, they can add that it was felt in Bukit Batok too. I felt it when sitting on the office chair, I happen to be sitting crosslegged watching an anime. Have you felt it too?
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[...] Beconfused writes I was sitting comfortably on my chair when it started to vibrate a little. It thought the Gundam robots are here. My elephant behaved differently too, it used to be balanced on my round CD compartment, it sort of fell onto the ground. I heard that there is an earthquake in Sumatra or something. The tremors stopped already of course. [...]
by Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Singaporeans Blog about Indonesian Earthquake Tremors (Mar 6, 2007 at 2 PM)[...] there were some tremors felt in Singapore. Some people even evacuted due to tremors. It’s better to be safe than to [...]
by //beconfused » Blog Archive » Tremors felt in Singapore and buildings being inspected (Mar 7, 2007 at 5 PM)I felt the swaying. Didn’t feel the tremors though.
by Milky (Mar 17, 2007 at 4 AM)Oh, I thought the swaying is counted as tremors. I felt slight swaying. It thought I was giddy or something.
by Mr. Dew (Mar 21, 2007 at 2 PM)