As the sun set over her beachfront village two Fridays ago, Ms Ipa Thamrin, 41, felt the earth shake beneath her feet.
She was just about to perform her dusk prayers, and instinctively reached for a table as she almost slipped. She heard loud cracking sounds and quickly gathered her children.
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