Around 9:45 Monday night an earthquake hit western Indonesia. It was valued at a 7.5 magnitude. A tsunami warning was issued right after the quake, but didn't last very long. However, it still terrified residents and sent them towards high ground. One major reason why people were so cautious for this earthquake was because just a year ago Indonesia was hit with a 7.6 magnitude earthquake. This quake killed over 700 people and destroyed 180,000 buildings. Earthquakes are very common in this area because Indonesia lies on the Pacific "Ring of Fire."
I'm really glad to live in a place where earthquakes aren't a problem. It would be really scary to experience that, but I'm thankful that it wasn't too bad in Indonesia. There were no casualties and property damage wasn't all that high either. Safe to say it could have been a lot worse.
http://http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39831929/ns/world_news-asiapacific/
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