|
Welcome to Armageddon Online - Disaster News, Future Scenarios, Preparedness and Survival |
|
|
|
|
|
Nine dead and hundreds injured in Indonesia quake |
|
The News -
Natural Disasters
|
|
September 12, 2007 |
|
Nine people died and "hundreds" were injured in a powerful earthquake which struck Indonesia's Sumatra region on Wednesday, triggering tsunami warnings in the Indian Ocean, an Indonesian government official said. The 8.4 magnitude earthquake also caused extensive damage to buildings along Sumatra's coast, according to Adam Malik of Indonesia's National Disaster Management Office. Indonesia issued two tsunami warnings, one after the first quake, and the second after a smaller tremor a few hours later in the same area. However, the Indonesian warnings and most others in the region had been lifted by 1600 GMT on Wednesday. Several big aftershocks were reported in the area. An official at Indonesia's meteorological agency said gauges measured a wave surge of 1 meter after the first quake. Source : Reuters
|
|
