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6.8 Yogyakarta earthquake keeps people awake

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck in the middle of the night off the southern coast of Indonesian island Java, near the town of Yogyakarta, according to the Jakarta Globe.

The quake took place at 11:12 local time Monday night, keeping people awake and inspiring tweets.

In wake of this most recent earthquake, several Indonesian Twitter users made religious references and noted the increase in seismic activity, as a 7.3 quake hit West Java on Sept. 2.

  1. leona agustine
    leonagustine (Jakarta-Bandung, Indonesia) Dear God I wish you had a twitter account, I want to ask a huge favor, please take care of my family, and all my friends. from earthquake.
  2. Gardewa Budi Santana
    splitmonkey (Bandung, Indonesia) last earthquake in jogja,an hours ago ! god,is it your command or what?!
  3. Danar Pramesti
    guedanar (Indonesia) I agree with this. RT @monsterikan dudes, seriously. earthquake is earthquake. nothing to do with your so-called sins
  4. Esti Riyanda
    angelicdentist (Yogyakarta, Indonesia) Oh god’s sake! Im sleepy but scared to hv a deep sleep.i wish the would b no more EARTHQUAKE tonyt.im so f* scared.please no Earthquake.
  5. Siska Dhamayanti
    siska_chan: (Bandung, Indonesia) wha~?! another earthquake? i ain’t gonna go to sleep 2nite..nuh-uh, i won’t close my eyes..no..i..zzz..
  6. Esti Riyanda
    angelicdentist (Yogyakarta, Indonesia) Im okay my dear @aga83 .still kinda scared.the Earthquake juz took lez than 1 minute.but it’s Huge!dat i could feel my bed’s shackin.oh god.
  7. irine
    justirine (Jakarta, Indonesia) pray before i sleep: hope no more earthquake and please keep our family safe. God i love you ;)
  8. Erviline Sie
    ervilinesie (Jakarta, Indonesia) There was an earthquake in Jogja & Bali around an hour ago. Heard it was 7 Ritcher. Scary. Caused panic at nite.

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