Update! 1 Oct 2009: I could feel earthquake tremor again at 9.55am Singapore time! This time it was a slight tremor for a few seconds only. “Goosebump” moment again…
30 Sep 2009
OMG! I felt earthquake tremor at home again in Singapore just a while ago around 6.15 pm! This time I could feel that it was a heavy earthquake! I managed to take a video of it. Do you know how it feel when I tried to focus on the crystal lamp that was swaying above me? It was a terrible feeling! I felt really giddy while taking the video. The tremor lasted for quite long and I began to get nervous! I was wondering if the building I’m staying in would collapse! Touch wood!!! Really terrible feeling… and feel sad ‘cos for sure, I know many people will lose their lives and homes.
I took a video of my swaying crystal lamp during the earthquake tremor. The video ended when the tremor stopped. So I think the tremor lasted for about 2mins.
Add+: Guess what? This video was shown on Channel U News on the very night. Ha!
Sad news: It’s a powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake off Sumatra, Indonesia and triggered a massive South Pacific Tsunami.
A tsunami warning was initially issued after the quake but later withdrawn. – CNA/vm
p.s: I was complaining of how bad the air quality is now just before the earthquake tremor was felt. The air quality PSI measures 64 today. “Opacity” = 80% !!!
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Hi, Eunice. I can feel the tremor from PJ, KL too. It’s so intense that i woke up from my afternoon nap.
Yeah man this time was pretty bad. My kitchen utensils and curtains were swaying and clattering! Half tempted to take video too!
No joke man! I was complaining about how bad the air quality is today when suddenly I felt giddy and it was earthquake! Really hate this feeling… are buildings in Singapore safe enough to withstand strong tremor??? Scary
i felt it too! at first i thought it was my computer graphics messing with me, but then it became really obvious!
I feel nothing here. I would had evacuate the place should I feel the tremors. You are brave to stay put
hii Eunice.. it was a terrible feeling.. i experienced such tremor for the first time.. 🙁
@joshua: haha I was also in front of my laptop, just updated messages about how bad the air quality is in Singapore now.. then I felt some movements!
@Borneo Falcon: In fact I was getting nervous when it lasted for a few mins while I was taking this video.
@Rajni Soni: ya that kind of giddiness and helpless feeling.
yah! this was worse than the last earthquake! i felt so uncomfortable, giddy n nausea! my kitchen untencils, curtains r swaying. even my standing fan doing the rock n roll!
@Ant Ant: ya really worse than those tremors I felt before. I still thought I felt ground movements again sometimes later even it wasn’t the case. N suddenly I began to worry if our buildings r safe for such tremors 😛
Hey.. long time no see… i’ll be heading to SG this month..so probably could meet up again…
i was working on the 4th floor ytd.. at first i thought i felt dizzy… i look around..everyone was starring at me.. then i knew something wasn’t right….
I felt it a while ago too, bit scary, we are in the fourth floor.
@Chee Wei: Ha! Sounds like u were the only one “rocking” n people stared at u. Hey anyway, I just felt the tremor again today…
@Rosie: I’m on the 12th floor. This time it was a slight one, but still I could feel it. Yesterday’s tremor was the scariest of all the previous experiences felt at home.
It was sort of freaky cause i never felt tremors before. I thought I was just having another one of my headaches but i realised that the water on my table was moving. One of my bookshelfs actually dropped! I was starting to panic then so i decided to go down.
@Marianne: Indeed very freaky for u! Bookshelf dropped! For me, I had been focusing on the swaying “pineapple” only while capturing it on video lol but got panicky when the tremor was going stronger n longer this time! I’m getting more sensitive towards the slightest movement now!
tremor is getting stronger and stronger nowadays in Malaysia and
Singapore 🙁 One day in future we will face the earth quake directly here in Malaysia and by that time, our high rise buildings will all collapse because our local engineer never calculate in the earthquake factor in their structural design… 🙁
By the way, as your royal follower, I’ve voted Travelerfolio as the best travel blog in Naffnang blog award poll… Good luck mate!
@Cecil: huh dun scare me leh! We won’t have earthquake right?? No plates here… but hopefully our buildings r really strong enough to withstand strong tremors!
Thanks for ur vote! U make my day! Hey I’m ur royal follower too hehe