Lurker Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 At least 18 people have died and several more have been injured after shops and houses collapsed in the Indonesian province of Aceh after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck at 5am (9am AEDT) on Wednesday. At least one person was killed after a 6.5-magnitude quake struck near the Indonesian town of Banda Aceh on Wednesday (Dec 7), but authorities said there was no danger of a tsunami. Dozens of buildings have also collapsed in the northern province of Aceh, with injuries reported and people trapped under rubble. The USGS upgraded the magnitude to 6.5 from an initial reading of 6.4 and issued a yellow alert for expected fatalities and damage. "The earthquake was felt strongly and many people panicked and rushed outdoors as houses collapsed," Sutopo Nugroho of the national disaster management agency (BNPB) said in a statement, adding that few injuries, and no deaths, had been reported. Social media images showed buildings reduced to rubble, fallen electricity poles, and people gathering outside at street corners. District official Apriadi Achmad said that an elderly man had died, possibly from a heart attack, and there were fears for dozens believed to be trapped inside damaged homes. "Several shophouses and homes have caved in in Pidie Jaya district and the owners are still trapped there," Achmad, chief of the local disaster management office, told AFP. "We are now deploying heavy machines to help out and hopefully we can save the ones who are trapped," he said. source : google and http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/1-dead-in-aceh-as-magnitude-6-4-quake-hits-indonesia/3348032.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 My solidarity with the people of indonesia, my solidarity with you...Lurker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dbu Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 Give all my solidarity for Indonesian people, really love Indonesia i was there in Bogor and Jakarta in 2013, regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intertronic Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 (edited) M6.5 - 19km SE of Sigli, Indonesia (06 DEC 2016) http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20007z80#executive http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/v1.0/detail/us10007ghm.kml M7.8 - 68km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands (08 DEC 2016) http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20007z80#executive http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/v1.0/detail/us20007z80.kml Edited December 8, 2016 by intertronic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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