earthquake!

[Ekia]

????? i was sleeping like a pig man .... no shake lei ... ? ( from jurong west )

u feel anything bro shawn near IMM???

shouldnt feel anything.... Jurong east cant feel anything at all

[Lester]

Magnitude 8.7 - NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

2005 March 28 16:09:36 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center

World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

A great earthquake occurred at 16:09:36 (UTC) on Monday, March 28, 2005. The magnitude 8.7 event has been located in NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude 8.7

Date-Time Monday, March 28, 2005 at 16:09:36 (UTC)

= Coordinated Universal Time

Monday, March 28, 2005 at 11:09:36 PM

= local time at epicenter

Location 2.065°N, 97.010°E

Depth 30 km (18.6 miles) set by location program

Region NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

Distances

205 km (125 miles) WNW of Sibolga, Sumatra, Indonesia

250 km (155 miles) SW of Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia

535 km (330 miles) WSW of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia

1410 km (880 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 4.6 km (2.9 miles); depth fixed by location program

Parameters Nst=239, Nph=239, Dmin=538.5 km, Rmss=0.79 sec, Gp= 25°,

M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9

Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID usweax

Felt Reports At least 290 people killed, 100 injured and 300 houses destroyed on Nias. Extensive damage on Simeulue. Felt in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and as far north as Bangkok, Thailand.

[shiraz]

i was lying down talking to my gf den suddenly i felt the bed moving... then it continued for awhile den i thought i was giddy so i went to wash my face.. den when i was walking down the hall, my eyes were like jumping around.. i thought i was gonna faint!

my dad also felt it at work... he said it was rather atrong at pasir panjang that side..

[aStRoBo|]

let's see who dare to buy those high rise HDB block. 50 over storeys in the future. some says aftershock of 26th dec, some say is main shock, some say magnitude of 8.2, some 8.5, some 8.7. how accurate are the reports..

[FuEl]

****...my tanks back home...25 storeys..

[Melvyn Tan]

Wife felt it too....all the towels and all in the bathroom move vigorously....she says strange windows not open (air-con)....

[Ekia]

Did u guys read the newpaper? It explained why certain areas could feel the tremors while others felt nothing at all. It all lies on the ground we stand on. Those in the central/north-east/east are built on soft ground(marine clay/old aluvium), hence they could feel the tremors. Those in the west are normally hard rock(granite and sandstorm). That explains why I had never felt any tremors before

[Melvyn Tan]

Looks like a 3rd quake may happen