Saturday, October 3, 2009

An earthquake in western Sumatra province, Indonesia

Indonesia once again rocked by an earthquake with a strength of about 7.6 SR on Wednesday at 17:16 western Indonesia time. The earthquake occurred exactly in the province of West Sumatra. Based on the data revealed Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG) mentions that an earthquake with magnitude 7.6 force centered on the location of SR 0.84 LS - 99.65 BT. The earthquake occurred at 71 km or 57 km southwest of Pariaman, West Sumatra.

Until this article posted, victims of the earthquake based on information from www.antara-sumbar.com, death toll that has been found by Richter scale 7.6 earthquake in West Sumatra (West Sumatra) until 16:00 pm Saturday hours has reached 540 people.

Most fatalities have been recorded in the city of Padang reached 235 people and in Padang Pariaman 211 people, according to data Sarkorlak Disaster in Padang West Sumatra, Saturday.

Here are details of casualties and damage have been recorded:
1. The death toll: 540 people
2. Trauma victims: 323 people
3. Lightly wounded: 2570 people
4. Citizens lost: 303 people
4. Houses damaged: 21,738 units
5. Destroyed houses were: 6721 units
6. Lightly damaged houses: 9572 units

Death toll that has been recorded with the details;
1. Kota Padang: 235 people killed
2. Padang Pariaman: 211 people killed
3. City Pariaman: 49 people killed
4. Kota Bukittinggi: 7 people killed
5. South Coastal District: 7 people killed
7. Kota Solok: 4 people killed
8. Agam District: 24 people killed
9. West Pasaman: 3 people killed

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