According to the latest news from AP that I quote below,
the number of the fatal casualities has already reached more
than 400 people ( this figure is based from the information
from PMI ).
As far as I remember this is the biggest and 'significant'
eartquake which has ever happened in Yogya/Central Java or
even the whole Java island. Other types of natural distaster,
such as flood, landslide, and volcano eruption are things
already 'familiar' for the people in this island, but not
eartquake of this magnitude ...
At least one "good thing" ( "hikmah" ) that could arise
from such a disaster is the chance for us ( for the RI
government, both the central and regional government )
to continously improve the way to manage natural disaster
mitigation. And I think I can see that things have been
improving recently ...
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powerful in Indonesia eartquake killed more than 400 people
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By IRWAN FIRDAUS, Associated Press Writer
9 minutes ago
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia - A powerful earthquake flattened
buildings in central Indonesia early Saturday, killing
more than 400 people, injuring hundreds of others and
leaving hospitals appealing for help.
The magnitude 6.2 quake struck at 5:54 a.m. near the
southwest of the city of Yogyakarta, 250 miles east of
the capital, Jakarta, as many people slept, causing death
and damage there and in at least two other nearby towns,
officials said.
In the chaos that followed the quake, rumors of an impending
tsunami sent thousands of people on Java fleeing to higher
ground in cars and motorbikes. But Japan's Meteorological
Agency said there was no danger of a tsunami.
The quake also triggered heightened activity in nearby
Mount Merapi volcano, which has been spewing out clouds
of hot ash, gas and lava for several weeks, a scientist
said.
The death toll rose steadily through the morning and eight
hours after it struck, the Indonesian Red Cross put the
death toll at 443. Morgue officials and the privately run
el-Shinta radio said at least 393 bodies were lying in nine
hospitals in the region.
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