マレーシア・ニュース
KLで3度目、地震の揺れを感じる
[マレーシア] 昨日、スマトラ西部で地震があり、クランバレーで揺れを観測した。午後1時５分、震源はインドネシアのパダン付近でマグニチュード6.7。この揺れで、高層アパートの住人は驚いて外に飛び出した。PJのユニバーシティー・タワーでも多くの住人が建物の外へ避難した。
27才の女性は揺れは一分以上続いたと言っている。「私は揺れを感じてすぐに外に出た。5階に住んでいたため、すぐに下へ降りることができ、幸運だった。10階と11階に住んでいる私の友人たちの被害は大きかった。いろんな物が床に落ちた。」
主婦のエイシャ・アブドゥル・マミッド（42）は16階に住んでいて、料理をしているときに地震を感じた。「ここ数ヶ月で３度目の経験になる。このような状況の時にどうすればよいかを私は既に学んでいる。」と彼女は語った。
しかしながら、週末で賑わうPJのアムコープ・モールの買い物客や店員は地震に気づかなかった。彼らはテレビのニュース、友人や家族からの電話でそのことを知らされ、驚いた。
この地震による被害はない模様。
[MCS 5月15日 21：15配信]
ニュース・ソース
Tremors hit Klang Valley again
MALAYSIANS in the Klang Valley received a jolt when an earthquake struck
Western Sumatra yesterday.
High-rise apartment dwellers rushed down from their homes upon sensing
tremors resulting from an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale,which
occurred near Padang,Indonesia,at 1.05pm.
Residents of the University Towers in Petaling Jaya fled their apartments
upon sensing the tremors and huddled near the guardhouse befor returning
to their homes 15 minutes later.
Padmarathy Supramani,27,said the tremors lasted more than a minute."I
fled as soon as I felt the building sway.I was fortunate as I lived on
the fourth floor and made it downstairs in a short time.My friends on
the ninth and 10th floor felt the full effect.It was so bad that some
items placed on the countertops crashed to the floor,"she said.
Meanwhile,hundreds of residents of the Cendana apartments in Bandar Tasek
Permaisuri rushed for open ground after sensing the tremors.
Aishah Abdul Hamid,42,who lives on the 15th floor,said she was cooking
when she felt the building sway.
"This is the third tremor I've experienced in the past few months.I
already know what to do in such situations,"said the housewife.
Office workers at the Menara Celcom in Jalan Semarak,Kuara Lumpur,were
also not spared the harrowing experience.An employee,who declined to be
identified,said he felt a rocking motion ."I thought I was imagining
things.But less than five minutes later,we received instructions from
the building management to evacuate,"he said.They were allowed to
return to their offices after a Fire and Rescue Department team found
that the building was sound.
However,shoppers and tenants at the Amcorp Mall in Petaling Jaya went
about their weekend unaware of the tremors.When met yesterday,they all
expressed surprise at news of the quake,saying that they did not know
of the tremors until they were informed by friends and family members
through their handphones.
When contacted ,a Civil Defence Department spokesman confirmed that they
received enquiries on the tremors from the public shortly after it struck."However,there
were no emergencies reported.The calls we received were only from people
who wanted to know if the tremors they felt were real,"said the spokesman.
Meanwhile,a spokesman with the Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department
said they received an alert from the Meteorological Department on the
quake,adding that no untoward incidents were reported.
[The Malay Mail 15/May.]
