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Quake toll in western Indonesia reaches 467

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Jakarta : Indonesia | 2 months ago

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Jakarta;Residents pass through a neighborhood damaged by an earthquake in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. A second earthquake with a 6.8 magnitude rocked western Indonesia, a day after the region was devastated by an undersea quake of 7.6 magnitude. Death still has reached Indonesia’s Sumatra island has reached 467.A total of 467 people are confirmed dead and 421 seriously injured in Wednesday’s 7.6 magnitude quake.376 deaths occurred in Padang, the capital of West Sumatra province. Pasaman district accounted for 75 deaths and the other dead were from three other districts.People are trapped, hotels have collapsed, schools have collapsed, houses have collapsed and electricity has been cut off,’ Vice President Jusuf KallaJusuf Kalla told reporters in Jakarta. a major city hospital was among the many buildings that had buckled.The quake caused a landslide that destroyed houses at Lake Maninjau, inland from Padang, local resident Hafiz told the channel, while the city airport was slightly damaged but was expected to reopen on Thursday.

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News Source: The independent | about 1 month ago

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