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27.05.2006, 08:37
Quelle: Jakarta Post
Link: http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillgen.asp?fileid=20060527102531&irec=0
Powerful quake rocks central parts of Java, kills at least 211
YOGYAKARTA (AP): A powerful earthquake rocked Indonesia's Central Java province early Saturday, flattening buildings and killing at least 211 people, hospitals reported. Scores of other peoplewere injured.
The 6.2 magnitude quake also triggered heightened activity in the region's deadly Mount Merapi volcano, which has been spewing out clouds of hot ash, gas and lava for several weeks, a scientist said.
The quake struck at 5:54 a.m. (2354 GMT) 25 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of the city of Yogyakarta, causing damage and casualties there and in at least two other nearby population centers, officials said.
Earlier, an official in Jakarta said 15 people were killed and a witness saw three bodies trapped under rubble, but it was not clear whether those fatalities were also brought to the two hospitals.
The quake cracked the runway in Yogyakarta's airport, closing it to aircraft until at least Sunday while inspections take place, Transport Minister Hatta Radjasa said.
Electricity and communications were also down in parts of Yogyakarta, police said."It felt really powerful, and the whole building shook," said Narman, a receptionist at a hotel in the city who goes by one name. "Everyone ran from their rooms."
In the chaos that followed the quake, rumors of an impending tsunami sent thousands of people fleeing to higher ground in cars and motorbikes. The city is around 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the sea, and more than two hours after the quake no tsunami hadoccurred.
The quake's epicenter was close to the Mount Merapi volcano, which has been rumbling for weeks and sending out large clouds of hot gas and ash. Activity increased as a result of the temblor, with one eruption coming soon after the volcano sent debris some 3.5 kilometers (2 miles) down its western flank, said Subandrio, a vulcanologist monitoring the peak.
"The quake has disturbed the mountain," he said.
There were no reports of injuries as a result of the eruption. Activity at Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, has picked up in recent weeks and almost all villagers living near the danger zone have been evacuated.
Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin. (**) -->
Link: http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillgen.asp?fileid=20060527102531&irec=0
Powerful quake rocks central parts of Java, kills at least 211
YOGYAKARTA (AP): A powerful earthquake rocked Indonesia's Central Java province early Saturday, flattening buildings and killing at least 211 people, hospitals reported. Scores of other peoplewere injured.
The 6.2 magnitude quake also triggered heightened activity in the region's deadly Mount Merapi volcano, which has been spewing out clouds of hot ash, gas and lava for several weeks, a scientist said.
The quake struck at 5:54 a.m. (2354 GMT) 25 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of the city of Yogyakarta, causing damage and casualties there and in at least two other nearby population centers, officials said.
Earlier, an official in Jakarta said 15 people were killed and a witness saw three bodies trapped under rubble, but it was not clear whether those fatalities were also brought to the two hospitals.
The quake cracked the runway in Yogyakarta's airport, closing it to aircraft until at least Sunday while inspections take place, Transport Minister Hatta Radjasa said.
Electricity and communications were also down in parts of Yogyakarta, police said."It felt really powerful, and the whole building shook," said Narman, a receptionist at a hotel in the city who goes by one name. "Everyone ran from their rooms."
In the chaos that followed the quake, rumors of an impending tsunami sent thousands of people fleeing to higher ground in cars and motorbikes. The city is around 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the sea, and more than two hours after the quake no tsunami hadoccurred.
The quake's epicenter was close to the Mount Merapi volcano, which has been rumbling for weeks and sending out large clouds of hot gas and ash. Activity increased as a result of the temblor, with one eruption coming soon after the volcano sent debris some 3.5 kilometers (2 miles) down its western flank, said Subandrio, a vulcanologist monitoring the peak.
"The quake has disturbed the mountain," he said.
There were no reports of injuries as a result of the eruption. Activity at Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, has picked up in recent weeks and almost all villagers living near the danger zone have been evacuated.
Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin. (**) -->