Residents described the earthquake as extremely powerful. “I have never felt an earthquake this big,” Yulian Juita Ekalia, who lives in Ruteng, more than 60 miles from the epicentre, told AFP. “It felt like we were on a trampoline; it was really scary,” the 37-year-old university lecturer said. “As I rushed to get outside, everything in the house fell down: the television, my son’s trophies, the dish racks, suitcases on top of the wardrobes. When I got outside, my son and neighbours were already there, screaming in fear.”
