Earthquake witness

Building swayed
We are living in a condominium of 29th floor in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Our building was swaying left and right and sent everyone out to the street with panic thought that it was going to collapse. It is still intact luckily. This happened at exactly 0016hrs local time in Malaysia.
—Rory Ko, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Cars shook
My name is Chris Soong and I'm from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I felt the tremor at about 12.20am local time. I was sitting at my PC when I felt my monitor as making me dizzy. I shifted in my seat, but then it happened again. I didn't think anything of it until a relative of mine called to say that they felt something as well. They said that their cars were moving slightly. Hopefully there will be no tsunami this time.
—Chris Soong, Kuala Lumpur

Felt as far as Bangkok?
Our office building (25th floor) was shaking in Bangkok. Quite scary!
—Michael, Bangkok, Thailand

I felt tremors
I did not witness the quake specifically at Sumatra, but I'm from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and I felt tremors. I live in a condominium and I felt the building shake. I confirmed it with another friend of mine who lives in Shah Alam. He felt it too..
—Samantha Tham, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dizzy feeling
I lived in Malaysia and around 12:15am I felt something is not right while I am lying on the bed. My head felt dizzy, then the bed started shaking, kind like swirling movement and lamps fans are swirling up on the ceiling. At first I thought my house structure is falling apart, so I evacuated my family to safe ground. The street lamp and phone pole were shaking. It is a horrible situation. I had never dreamed living in Malaysia I would ever experience the horror of an earthquake.
—TeckJun Lee, Klang, Selangor, Malaysia

Apartments evacuated
Over here in Georgetown, people over in an apartment here evacuated their units for half an hour after almost everyone said that they felt the tremors at 12:10am local time. I rushed down with my mom after we noticed that the aquarium's water was shaking violently.
—Andy Lim, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia

Tremors felt on Penang Island, Malaysia
Major tremors were felt in Penang Island. It seemed this earthquake was bigger than the Dec 26 one. Flower vases toppled over and pictures dropped from walls in flats here in Farlim Air Itam Penang. It was surprising to find it was only 8.2, as this quake felt bigger than the last one, as the last time only swaying was felt. 911 advised people in hi-rise buildings to evacuate here and stay away from the beaches in the Island of Penang and Penang's Mailand Consession District(Seberang Perai). We hope MSNBC and other world media service will keep us updated as local news has not reported anything here as of now.
—Joe, Penang Island Malaysia

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