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eclectic · Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Posts: 1122

7.5 on the Richter??? Is the electric knocked out?

Salam · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:55 pm Post subject:

Nah, it's all good. Although being on the 21st floor and watching everything move like it was built on rubber was quite the first-time experience for me I must say. Quickly unplugged the computer and legged it down the stairs to my car in the basement. I still feel like the ground is moving a bit though. Very wierd sensation.

tanyakenapa · Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 180 Location: Batavia

Im currently on antibiotics for an illness and last night they knocked me out (first dose), anyway about midnight I was woken up by the bed shaking!!!

I laid there for about 20seconds thinking it was the drugs, but then I realised outside I could hear doors opening and people talking about the quake.

A couple of volcanos near Bandung have been very active the last week, so Im guessing they are the culprits Smile

Llamalicious · Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:04 am Post subject:

I'm in Kelapa Gading too. Yeah, a bit of excitement, but no damage or injuries. Just gave us a bit of a wiggle and slopped some water out of the swimming pool. Nice to finally meet the neighbours. People in apartment complexes don't seem to be as gregarious as people in kampungs.

P.S. I think the quake was a 7.0, not a 7.5.

laughing_magpie06 · Joined: 14 Sep 2006 Posts: 282

I live in Central Jakarta and didn't feel a thing. I must be a good sleeper.

eclectic · Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Posts: 1122

well glad everyone seems OK. Im in in NYC and when I heard about it it sounded pretty bad. non-stop excitement over there or what?

nasigoreng · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:20 am Post subject:

it was scary for awhile. i was on the 28th floor and it felt like the floor was buckling and might collapse. I ran down the stairs barefoot and now have some sinister blisters on my poor feet.

the epicenter was off the n. coast of java but to my knowledge there have been no reports of serious damage which we would expect from a quake that size.

tanyakenapa · Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 180 Location: Batavia

I dont know about anyone else...

but two seconds ago... (by cance I'm online in here) was another tremor. My little wind chime was swaying and the water in my aqua bottle was as well....

hmmm I wonder if it will make the news

tanyakenapa · Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 180 Location: Batavia

ah Yes...

Im correct... just came across the TV screen.... earthquake epicentre near UJUNG KULON...on the scale of 5.4 Smile

TEAM_PAPUA · Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 1679 Location: HOLE

NEWS FLASH!! POPULATION OF JAKARTA EVACUATED DUE TO MOVING WIND CHIME

eclectic · Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Posts: 1122

wow, we should keep this as a permanent thread at the top. Padang, Sumatra, where else? Yeah it seems a busy pattern lately. Hope all is well.