KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian student in Padang, Sumatra had to walk five kilometres from her rented house to Gunung Tangilun, a green zone, to seek shelter after a powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake rocked the area this evening.
Fashareena Nazir, a second-year medical student at Universitas Andalas said she was resting when she was abruptly woken by the quake at about 6pm.
"There were rumbles and a loud noise, like a bang," she told Bernama in a phone conversation today.
Fashareena, 23, from Ampang Jaya, said realising it was an earthquake, she quickly grabbed her belongings, passport and other documents and ran out of the house.
Her four other Malaysian housemates also rushed out of the single-storey bungalow to the compound for safety.
She said the house now had cracks and uneven floor all over.
For their safety, Fashareena and her housemates walked to Gunung Tangilun to seek shelter from another university mate.
She said she was traumatised by what she saw -- her neighbours’ houses were on fire, grounds caving in and some disappearing before her eyes.
Meanwhile, Fashareena's father, businessman Datuk Nazir Merasalam , 48, said he was thankful that his daughter was safe.
"I was worried when I first heard about the quake and quickly called my daughter and failed the few first times (to get her).
"But now, I am so grateful and glad to hear her voice and that she is doing fine," he told Bernama when contacted this evening. - Bernama
13 killed in major Indonesia quake: health ministry
JAKARTA, Sept 30 (AFP) - At least 13 people were killed and thousands trapped in rubble in a major earthquake that struck Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday, the health ministry said.
"From our provisional data at 8:30 pm (1330 GMT), there are 13 dead victims from the West Sumatra earthquake," health ministry crisis centre head Rustam Pakaya told AFP by text message. (AFP)
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