FLT ATTENDANT RPT; B757; LIM-EWR; CLR AIR TURB; NO INJURIES. SAFETY SUGGESTION.

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THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING FLT DOWNTIME. THAT IS; THE TIME IN BTWN DINNER AND BREAKFAST SVC. MOST; IF NOT ALL; PAX WERE SLEEPING OR WATCHING THE MOVIE. THE SEATBELT SIGN WAS ALREADY ON; SO WHEN THE ACFT DROPPED; MOST PAX WERE SECURE; OR AT LEAST THE LAST TIME WE CHKED (APPROX 15 MINS BEFORE) THEY WERE. IF ALL FLTS WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE SEATBELT SIGN ON DURING CRUISE FLT AND VARIOUS NEW PLACARDS ON TRAY TABLE; MAYBE THERE WOULD BE LESS TURB RELATED INJURIES. I FELT THAT MY TRAINING ALLOWED ME TO RECOGNIZE THE REACTIONS OF THE ACFT AND TO SECURE MYSELF. THE DURATION OF THE TURB LASTED APPROX 30-45 SECONDS. AFTER CHKING CABIN FOR INJURIES; WE FOUND 2 PAX; WHO WE BELIEVE WERE WALKING BACK FROM AFT LAVATORY; SITTING ON FLOOR IN AISLE TO SECURE THEMSELVES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES; BUT STILL THERE WERE PAX WITHOUT THEIR SEATBELTS ON. OUR CAPT WAS INFORMED OF NEGATIVE INJURIES AND HE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING ON RADAR AND HE WAS JUST LOOKING W OVER MIAMI WHERE TSTMS WERE IN THE AREA. THE APPROX LOCATION WAS 35 MI E OF MIAMI.