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JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI
AGENSI PENGURUSAN BENCANA NEGARA
GEORGE TOWN — Tremors from a moderate earthquake that struck North Sumatra, Indonesia today were also felt by residents living in Penang, especially in areas near the sea.
Penang Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) director Mohamad Shoki Hamzah said his department had received two reports of tremors believed to be a result of the earthquake that occurred in the neighbouring country.
“So far, the fire department has received two phone calls from members of the public in a residential area in Block 1, Taman Selatan in Jelutong and a hotel in George Town at 5.15 pm this evening reporting tremors in their residential area.
“The fire department was sent to the location to conduct further inspections and the operations commander reported that the locations were safe and there were no structural damages to the buildings involved,” he said when contacted by Bernama, today.
He said the fire department was also monitoring from time to time to ensure that no premises or buildings were affected by the tremors caused by the earthquake.
Meanwhile, a resident of Apartment Desa Baiduri in Farlim, here, Fatin Syafiqah Ahmad Rozi, 32, said she and her family who live on the 10th floor also felt the tremors for several minutes but thought she had a headache.
However, she said the tremors were also felt by other family members before her neighbour who also felt the same incident came to her house to ask if there was anything wrong like tremors or there was a construction project in their residential area.
“The tremors were felt twice but only for a few minutes, we didn’t know yet that there was an earthquake in Indonesia and the neighbours had called us to go down because we were afraid something would happen, at that time we saw several other residents coming out of their houses,” she said.
A resident of an apartment in Jelutong, Nur Hafizah Mustafa, 42, said the tremors were quite strong so that she could see several items in the house moving and she immediately went into the room to see her seven-year-old son sleeping.
“Then I came out of the house and saw several neighbours asking each other what happened as everyone was worried that something would happen before they knew that there was an earthquake in Indonesia,” said Nur Hafizah who lives on the 15th floor of the apartment.
Earlier, the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) in a statement announced that a moderate earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale hit North Sumatra, Indonesia at 4.57 pm this afternoon.
The tremors were also felt in most areas on the West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia, but there was no tsunami threat to the country. — BERNAMA
LHASA (Xinhua): A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck Lhaze County in Xigaze City in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region at 5:11 a.m. Monday, with no casualties reported, according to local authorities.
The epicentre was monitored at 28.91 degrees north latitude and 87.54 degrees east longitude. The earthquake struck at a depth of 10 km, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.
Local authorities in the county told Xinhua that the quake was strongly felt, waking some residents. Following the earthquake, the county promptly initiated response measures, with its townships assessing the impact.
Fire and rescue teams from the county have been dispatched to the epicenter. - Xinhua
BEIJING: Gempa bumi berukuran 5.5 skala Richter menggegarkan wilayah Tibet awal hari ini, menurut Pentadbiran Gempa Bumi China (CEA).
Menurut laporan Reuters, gempa bumi melanda Shigatse pada pukul 5.11 pagi waktu tempatan, pada kedalaman 10 kilometer (km).
CEA berkata, pihak berkuasa menghantar perkhidmatan respons kecemasan dan tiada kemalangan jiwa dilaporkan setakat ini.
Januari lalu, lebih 120 maut dalam gempa bumi berukuran 6.8 skala Richter yang melanda daerah Tingri Tibet, sekitar 240 km dari Shingatse.
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KEMAMAN – Kerajaan telah bersiap sedia untuk menghadapi kemungkinan cuaca panas dan ancaman jerebu berikutan ketibaan Monsun Barat Daya bermula kelmarin.
Menteri Alam Sekitar dan Kelestarian Alam (NRES), Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad berkata, pemantauan titik panas bukan sahaja akan dilakukan di seluruh negara malah melangkaui rantau Asia Tenggara.
“Sudah nampak cuaca panas apabila masuk peralihan (Monsun Barat Daya). Kita akan buat balik mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Induk Cuaca Panas dan Kering.
“Ia melibatkan pelbagai kementerian dan jabatan termasuk Kementerian Pendidikan, Kementerian Belia dan Sukan dan Kementerian Peladangan dan Komoditi untuk menyelaras tindakan sekiranya cuaca panas ini berpanjangan dan berlakunya jerebu serius,” katanya ketika ditemui di Jakar di sini hari ini.
Terdahulu beliau ditemui selepas memantau Operasi Gerak Kenderaan Bermotor yang dilaksanakan Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS).
Sebelum ini, Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia (MetMalaysia), Dr. Mohd. Hisham Mohd. Anip memberitahu Monsun Barat Daya bermula Sabtu lalu akan menyebabkan taburan hujan rendah di kebanyakan kawasan di negara ini.
Beliau dilapporkan berkata, ia disebabkan pengurangan pembentukan awan hujan berikutan kadar kelembapan udara yang rendah sepanjang tempoh tersebut.
Sementara itu, Nik Nazmi berkata, keadaan pada masa ini masih terkawal dengan hanya satu titik panas dikesan di Sarawak. – KOSMO! ONLINE
SUMATERA: Gempa bumi magnitud 6 dilaporkan melanda Sumatera Utara, Indonesia lewat semalam, mengakibatkan gegaran dirasai sehingga Pulau Pinang, di Malaysia, sejauh kira-kira 500 kilometer (km).
Beberapa penduduk pangsapuri di Pulau Tikus, Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling dan Tanjung Bungah, melaporkan terasa gegaran selama kira-kira 20 saat.
Gegaran itu dilaporkan Pusat Penyelidikan Geosains Jerman (GFZ) yang menyatakan gempa berlaku pada kedalaman 89km.
Sementara itu, menurut hantaran di laman Facebook Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia, gempa bumi berkenaan berlaku pada kedalaman 74km dengan pusat gempa terletak kira-kira 107km ke tenggara Meulaboh di wilayah Aceh.
Tiada ancaman tsunami dikesan susulan gempa itu. Sementara itu pihak berkuasa di Beijing, China melaporkan satu gempa bumi magnitud 5.5 melanda Tibet awal pagi tadi.
Menurut Pentadbiran Gempa Bumi China (CEA) gegaran berlaku berlaku di bandar Shigatse pada jam 5:11 pagi (2111 GMT), pada kedalaman 10km.
Pihak berkuasa sudah menghantar pasukan tindak balas kecemasan dan setakat ini tiada kemalangan jiwa dilaporkan. Pada Januari lalu, lebih 120 orang terkorban akibat gempa bumi magnitud 6.8 yang melanda daerah Tingri, Tibet, kira-kira 240 km dari Shigatse.
GFZ juga melaporkan satu gempa bumi magnitud 5.7 turut menggegarkan Kepulauan Vanuatu. - AGENSI
