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Indo Rattled By Yet Another Quake - 6.8
An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 rattled parts of Indonesia on Sunday, sending people in this city on Sumatra island rushing out of their homes and heading toward high ground in fear of a possible tsunami. An official said there were reports of houses flattened elsewhere on Sumatra, but as of three hours after the quake hit there were no reports of any casualties. Jakarta-based meteorological analyst Wijayanto also told Reuters "there are no tsunami reports, so residents can return home, but they must still be careful of aftershocks." Indonesia has experienced a series of quakes and aftershocks since a massive temblor on Dec. 26 triggered a tsunami across the Indian Ocean that killed more than 180,000 people. Nearly 50,000 more are still unaccounted for from that disaster. Another quake off Sumatra on March 28 is estimated to have killed up to 2,000. Full details on casualties are often slow in Indonesia, a vast archipelago of 17,000 islands where communications infrastructure is sometimes minimal and transportation primitive. According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, no tsunami warning has been issued as a result of Sunday's quake, but it also said there are no tsunami detection devices in the immediate area of the quake. The latest quake was felt in Indonesia's neighbor Singapore as well. ...more... Posted by: .com 2005-04-10 |
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