{"id":162795,"date":"2022-02-25T10:32:31","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T10:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=162795"},"modified":"2022-02-25T10:32:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T10:32:34","slug":"malaysians-feel-the-tremors-after-sumatera-hit-by-6-2-magnitude-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=162795","title":{"rendered":"Malaysians feel the tremors after Sumatera hit by 6.2 magnitude earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>By Aisyah Husna<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, 25 February 2022: Malaysians were reported feeling the tremors after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck West Sumatera this morning at 9.43 a.m. local time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The earthquakes were felt in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Petaling Jaya, Shah Alam, and Klang, according to reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Witnesses saw shaking doors and chairs, as well as trembling objects fixed to the walls.<br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several people said they had to leave their offices for safety reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Meteorological Department, the earthquake struck Indonesia around 9.39 a.m. with vibrations reported in Selangor, Perak, Negri Sembilan, Melaka, and Johor, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was later reported that the tremors had been detected as far as Pahang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia is likewise not at threat from a tsunami, according to the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, the Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department said it received 20 emergency calls about the earthquakes between 9.45 a.m. and 10.45 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It then ordered Kuala Lumpur fire stations to respond to the calls and protect the safety of the building&#8217;s residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Yet, we have not received any calls indicating structural damage or occupants being injured,&#8221; the statement stated. ***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Source: Malay Mail<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Aisyah Husna KUALA LUMPUR, 25 February 2022: Malaysians were reported feeling the tremors after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck West Sumatera this morning at&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7361,"featured_media":162796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5,19,3,20],"tags":[],"nelio_content":{"isAutoShareEnabled":true,"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"followers":[12,156,7361],"suggestedReferences":[],"efiUrl":"","efiAlt":"","highlights":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/QUAKE-INDO-SUMATRA.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162795"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7361"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=162795"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162803,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162795\/revisions\/162803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/162796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=162795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=162795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=162795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}