Earth Quake tremours felt in KL./

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approximately at 10.26 pm. got tremors felt at KL sky craper building..

one at menara orkid and kg baru reported to have feel it..

from international news..

Earthquake Details

Magnitude	6.2 (Preliminary magnitude — subject to revision)
Date-Time	Monday, May 19, 2008 at 14:26:50 UTC Monday, May 19, 2008 at 09:26:50 PM at epicenter
Location	2.000°N, 99.200°E
Depth	38 km (23.6 miles) set by location program
Region	NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
Distances	56 km (34 miles) NE (53°) from Sibolga, Sumatra, Indonesia 186 km (116 miles) SSE (161°) from Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia 299 km (186 miles) WNW (303°) from Pekanbaru, Sumatra, Indonesia 305 km (190 miles) WSW (246°) from KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
Location Uncertainty	Error estimate not available
Parameters	NST=010, Nph=010, Dmin=104.5 km, Rmss=0.16 sec, Gp=130°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=1
Source	West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS
Event ID	at00120721

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/at00120721.php

and..

after few minute .. kjc confirmed that..as

Earthquake/Tsunami Alert ( IDM20024 )
10:35 malam, 19hb Mei 2008

Our Ref: JMM.APL15/442/19 Jld ( 17e )/ ( 80 )

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION
Issued by Malaysian Meteorological Department
Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation
at 10.35 pm 19/05/2008

1. Earthquake Information

A moderate earthquake has occurred with these preliminary parameters:

Time of Occurrence : 10.26pm on 19 May 2008.

Coordinates : 1.4 North 98.9 East

Location : Northern Sumatra ,145km East of Nias,Indonesia. 336km Southwest of Kelang.

Magnitude : 5.8 on Richter scale

2. Initial Assessment

Tremor felt in Klang Valley.No tsunami threat

The department will issue additional information on this event.

but later.. USGS provide a new one.. which has buzz my email..

5.9 Mw – NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

Magnitude	5.9 Mw
Date-Time	19 May 2008 14:26:45 UTC 19 May 2008 21:26:45 near epicenter 19 May 2008 22:26:45 standard time in your timezone
Location	1.646N 99.181E
Depth	11 km
Distances	43 km (27 miles) E (98 degrees) of Sibolga, Sumatra, Indonesia 223 km (139 miles) SSE (165 degrees) of Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia 281 km (175 miles) WNW (296 degrees) of Pekanbaru, Sumatra, Indonesia 325 km (202 miles) WSW (239 degrees) of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
Location Uncertainty	Horizontal: 8.8 km; Vertical 40.8 km
Parameters	Nph = 81; Dmin = 434.3 km; Rmss = 1.07 seconds; Gp = 46° M-type = Mw; Version = 6
Event ID	US 2008sfa9 ***This event supersedes event AT00120721.

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HawkEYE says:

19 May , 2008 23:01 at 23:01

revised a bit later..

Our Ref: JMM.APL15/442/19 Jld ( 17e )/ ( 81 )

REVISION OF EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION
Issued by Malaysian Meteorological Department
Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation
at 10.42 pm 19/05/2008

This is a revision of the earthquake information issued at 10.35pm.

A strong earthquake has occurred with these revised parameters:

Time of Occurrence : 10.26pm on 19 May 2008.

Coordinates : 1.7 North 99.1 East

Location : Northern Sumatera, 173km Northeast of Nias,Indonesia. 300km Southwest of Kelang.

Magnitude : 6.1 on Richter scale

Assessment

Tremor felt in West Coast Peninsular Malaysia.

This will be the final information issued by the department for this event unless there are further developments or additional information becomes available

Earthquake Details

5.9 Mw – NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

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