BBC's Tomasz Schafernaker caught in massive earthquake and thunderstorm in Indonesia

express.co.uk:

Twitter to share updates as he was caught up in the undersea earthquake which shook part of western Indonesia this morning.The BBC weatherman admitted the experience was "somewhat unsettling" as he felt an explosion "deep underground" before being "briefly jolted upwards".Tomasz took to Twitter to share what had happened in view of his 97,200 followers with a video of the "unsettling" weather and how close he was to the 6.2 magnitude undersea earthquake in Indonesia.He wrote: "It’s not often that you get to experience a thunderstorm AND an #earthquake at the SAME TIME."Like something exploded deep underground & briefly jolted us upwards.Somewhat unsettling but interesting."Restaurant staff were even startled for a sec.

I won’t forget this 'quake storm'."Social media users shared their concern in the comments, while WinterFell1701 commented: "Sounds great, Bali, sitting on an active subduction zone, has lots of EQs and volcanoes, the storm would not be related to cause of EQ before anyone suggests it.

A case of correlation, not causation."Tomasz replied: "Indeed it was an unbelievable coincidence and not something I will ever experience again."But, the quake itself was very ‘mild’ of course.

However, I’m SO surprised that such a bump would come from a 4.5/4.6 as deep as 72 km. Can anyone explain why it was such a jolt?"The magnitude 6.2 earthquake was centred 40 kilometres (25 miles) southeast of Singkil, a coastal district in Aceh province at a depth of 37 kilometres (23 miles), the U.S.