Death toll hits 603 in W. Sumatera earthquake
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Sumatera earthquake The Jakarta Post Sun, 10/04/2009 5:23 PM National As of Sunday afternoon, West Sumatra's natural disaster mitigation board (Satkorlak) recorded 603 deaths while 343 people are still missing from Wednesday's earthquake. The board also reported that as many as 412 residents...
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- News Source: United Press International | about 1 month agoChances of finding survivors under earthquake-triggered mudslides and structural ruins in Indonesia's Sumatra region appeared slimmer Monday, officials said. The 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit Sumatra Wednesday, and a smaller one that followed...
- News Source: The Age | about 1 month agoHeavy showers soaked the devastated city of Padang and the surrounding rural areas, adding to the misery of those left homeless by the 7.6-magnitude quake that struck last Wednesday. Foreign aid and emergency teams continue to pour into Padang, but...
- News Source: Gulf News | about 1 month agoUnicef provided tents and basic supplies for schools in three of 10 districts along the western coast of Sumatra island that was hit by Wednesday's deadly earthquake. Among more than 180,000 buildings destroyed or badly damaged are hundreds of...
- News Source: The Courier-Mail | about 1 month agoHowever, with many more people still believed trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings, the death toll is expected to rise. Meanwhile, another two people are believed to have been killed following a third quake that rocked Jambi on October 4...
- News Source: Xinhuanet.com | about 1 month agoThe Indonesia government is trying to recover power supply in the quake-hit Padang and electricity has already been resumed in some areas, the Kompas daily quoted an official as saying on Monday. Murtaqi Syamsudin, the interim director of...
- News Source: Novinite | about 1 month agoAn earthquake of 6,1 on the Richter scale shook Sunday morning eastern Indonesia, France Press reports. The epicenter is about 3 500 km away from the one that devastated the island of Sumatra Wednesday. The dead and damage toll of the latest quake is...
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- Blog Source: yahyasheikho786.wordpress.comRescue team finds 50 survivors four days after W. Sumatra earthquake | The Jakarta Post. The West Sumatera natural disaster mitigation board (Satkorlak) found 50 survivors who managed to stay alive amidst the rubbles on Sunday, ...
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- Blog Source: www.makatilocal.comAid is now arriving in Indonesia, but hopes are fading of finding survivors in the worst-hit city of Padang. More than 1000 people have died in the city. About 3000 others are missing. Australian, British, Japanese and South Korean ... Local TV
- Blog Source: blog.taragana.comThere were no immediate reports of injuries or structural damage from the quake, the latest of a series earthquake to jolts Indonesia in recent days. In West Sumatra, rescue workers intensified their search for survivors who were ...
- Blog Source: pundita.blogspot.comOfficials said at least 644 people were buried and presumed dead in the hillside villages in Padang Pariaman district on the western coast of Sumatra island. If confirmed it would raise the death toll in Wednesday's 7.6-magnitude ...
- Blog Source: www.globalpost.comIndonesia's latest earthquake disaster. Our correspondent on the ground in Sumatra weighs in on fear, folklore and desperate rescue efforts. By Peter Gelling - GlobalPost. Published: October 1, 2009 13:11 ET ... Coordinators of the rescue effort have
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