• Earthquake in Indonesia
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[quote=BBC News]At least 529 people are now known to have died in a powerful quake that struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday, the government says. Rescuers struggled on Thursday to find survivors in the rubble of hundreds of collapsed buildings. More than 400 people have been seriously injured, and the death toll is expected to rise, officials say. The 7.6-magnitude quake struck close to the city of Padang, the capital of West Sumatra province. The earthquake brought down hospitals, schools and shopping malls, cut power lines and triggered landslides. The social affairs ministry gave the latest confirmed death toll of 529, but Rustam Pakaya, head of the health ministry's disaster centre in Jakarta, said: "Our prediction is that thousands have died." A second quake of 6.8 struck close to Padang at 0852 local time (0152 GMT) on Thursday but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. Heavy machinery The first earthquake struck at 1716 local time (1016 GMT) on Wednesday, some 85km (55 miles) under the sea, north-west of Padang, the US Geological Survey said. One of the worst disasters appeared to be the collapse of a school in Padang. One mother, Andriana, told AFP news agency she had been at the school since the first quake occurred, hoping for news of her 14-year-old daughter. "I haven't been home yet and keep praying to God my daughter is alive." Police said nine children had been found alive but that eight bodies had also been pulled from the rubble so far. David Lange, a doctor with Surfaid International, told the BBC one of the hospitals was "completely destroyed". "They are trying to operate in the parking lot, in a tent, in the mud." Earlier Priyadi Kardono, a spokesman for Indonesia's National Disaster Agency, said more than 500 houses and buildings had collapsed. The quake brought down telephone lines, severely affecting communications with the region and making it difficult to assess the scale of the damage. Health ministry teams and Indonesian soldiers have arrived in Padang to aid the search for survivors. A shortage of heavy machinery remains a problem. The first flights carrying food, medicine and body bags have started to arrive. Tents and blankets were also on their way to help the homeless, the health ministry said. Padang's main hospital received a stream of ambulances bringing in victims. Relatives searched through lists of names pinned on windows. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had called on his officials to "flood" Padang with aid. Witnesses to the first quake said residents ran out of buildings in Padang - which has a population of 900,000 - and surrounding cities. An American in Padang, Greg Hunt, told Reuters this was the worst earthquake he had experienced. "It's getting nasty in town. It's chaos. There's no fuel, people are looting. It's getting worse because people have no food, no money. "There's thousands trying to leave town, the roads are blocked." Australia has offered to send emergency assistance to Indonesia if needed. "They are very close friends and neighbours. They know that we are here and available to help. They just have to ask," said Aid Minister Bob McMullan. Indonesian officials have said the quake was one of the biggest in Indonesia in recent years and could have been more powerful than the 2006 Yogyakarta quake that killed more then 5,000 people. Wednesday's quake was along the same fault line that spawned the 2004 Asian tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people in a dozen countries. That quake struck roughly 600km north-west of Padang. Geologists have long warned that Padang could one day be completely destroyed by an earthquake because of its location. Western Sumatra is a mainly rural area with dense tropical forest. It has several national parks and many of its beaches are popular with surfers. [/quote] [B]Source[/B]: [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8284208.stm[/url] 529 dead, that's bad. I bet the final death toll is a few thousand at least. One of the worst parts of it is that the hospitals have no power, due to the severity of the quake. Here's hoping their backup generators are enough. Edit: Sorry I didn't finish the title properly, could a mod please change it to Earthquake in Indonesia - Over 500 Dead
This happened literally 24 hours ago, exactly around this time. I felt the tremors all the way in Singapore, the entire building swayed back and forth. :tinfoil:
[quote]"I haven't been home yet and keep praying to God my daughter is alive."[/quote] in later news, man loses faith in god
I hear the people are [i]shaken[/i] by these events!
What does that "Heavy machinery" have to do in the middle of the text.
It was a subtitle.
[QUOTE=Acezorz;17602366]It was a subtitle.[/QUOTE] Oh wow after 9 lines it's mentioned. Also, "The first flights carrying food, medicine and body bags have started to arrive" How comforting.
This is awful, I hope those who are alive, will be alright. :frown:
Why the fuck are there so many earthquakes? Goddamn
[QUOTE=Cypher_09;17602864]This is awful, I hope those who are alive, will be alright. :frown:[/QUOTE] well theyre better off than the dead :rimshot:
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Yay for American building codes and safety precautions!
[QUOTE]The earthquake brought down [b]hospitals[/b], schools and shopping malls, cut [b]power lines[/b] and triggered landslides. [/QUOTE] Fail. On the other hand, that'd suck :(
Earthquake in Indonesia. What else is new.
I hate the Australian news here, its like "An earthquake has happened today and three 3 Australians, thats right 3 Australians where killed, 537 indonesians but who cares, 3 Australians where killed." Makes us look bad.
Poor people. These kinds of things are always terrible. I just hate that they get overlooked so fast by less important news.
[QUOTE=Bredirish123;17610930]Poor people. These kinds of things are always terrible. I just hate that they get overlooked so fast by less important news.[/QUOTE] Tell me about it. The floods in the Philippines haven't even posted and at least 100 people died already. My grandma's house has fucking water up to her knees. :Dawkins102:
Man Earth sucks. I hate seeing this stuff happen.
[QUOTE=bigdan;17610775]I hate the Australian news here, its like "An earthquake has happened today and three 3 Australians, thats right 3 Australians where killed, 537 indonesians but who cares, 3 Australians where killed." Makes us look bad.[/QUOTE] Oh come on, it's Australia. Didn't you know our hero Josef Fritz?. But yeah, because Indonesians live in "Indonesia" obviously most of them would be killed. And they'll be more worried for visitors then them.
Yeah, scientists say that an 8.0 magnitude earthquake occurs approximately once a year near Indonesia. Sucks for them.
The earth is going to crack in half.
^ Like Namek.
[QUOTE=Grayron;17609167]well theyre better off than the dead :rimshot:[/QUOTE] Don't turn my post into part of your joke.
[QUOTE=Rammaster;17611055]Tell me about it. The floods in the Philippines haven't even posted and at least 100 people died already. My grandma's house has fucking water up to her knees. :Dawkins102:[/QUOTE] A sad fact about media: The higher death toll, the more ratings, thus more coverage. Although I did see a segment about the Philippines on Fox a couple days ago, so it's getting atleast some coverage.
Bad shit always happens to Indonesia for some reason.
[QUOTE=ThePutty;17618553]Bad shit always happens to Indonesia for some reason.[/QUOTE] As long as they keep making my coffee beans...
Shit. The death tolls will rise. Remember the last Tsunami. They first said something about 20 000 dead now we are at roughly 300k confirmed. Now with aroun 500, I am sure the number will hit 10 k soon, especially as it happened in this area.
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