JAKARTA, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Over 300 buildings were
seriously damaged and over 3,000 people escaped from their homes after a
7.4-magnitude quake rocked North Sulawesi province on Thursday morning,
according to the Health Ministry.
The quake damaged houses, religious centers, school
buildings and hospitals, but no report of casualties, head of a crisis center of
the Ministry Rustam Pakaya said.
"A total of 278 houses were seriously damaged and 197
others suffered from minor damages, 4 school buildings were also damaged," he
told Xinhua.
The head of the center said that 2 religious
buildings were also seriously damaged and a part of a hospital building was
collapsed.
"Ten people were wounded seriously in the quake and
32 others were injured. But there was no report of fatalities," said Pakaya.
Pakaya said that currently the evacuees lived in some
shelters in the province after their houses were destroyed by the quake.
Medical team was helping the victims of the disaster
at the fields, he said.
The quake happened at 00:34 Jakarta time (1734 GMT)
with epicenter at 112 km southeast Melongue of the province and at 10 km
undersea bed, said Sutiyono, official of the country's Meteorology Agency.
In December 2004, over 230 people died in countries
along the Indian Ocean and 170 of them in Aceh of Indonesia after tsunami
triggered by strong quake rocked the areas.
17 injured, houses damaged after
strong quake in Indonesia
JAKARTA,
Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- At lest 17 people were wounded and dozens of houses and a
hospital were damaged after a 7.4 magnitude quake rocked North Sulawesi province
in eastern part of Indonesia on Thursday, Health Ministry said.
At least 17 people were injured after the roof of a
building in a hospital compound collapsed. The quake also damaged 32 houses and
one hospital, head of the Health Ministry's crisis center Rustam Pakaya told
Xinhua. Full story
Indonesian Sulawesi earthquake injures
four
JAKARTA, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) --
The strong earthquake measuring 7.4 degree on the Richter scale that hit
Indonesia's North Sulawesi province Thursday morning has injured four people,
the Jakarta-based TV station Metro TV quoted Isak Talaud, local provincial
public relation officer, as saying.
The quake has damaged two churches, several public houses
and hospitals, while hundreds of people have evacuated from coastal areas due to
fears of tsunami. Full story
Strong quake damages 2 churches,
hundreds escape coastal areas in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- A powerful 7.4-magnitude
quake has damaged two churches in North Sulawesi province and forced hundreds of
people to escape from coastal areas due to fears of tsunami, meteorology and
disaster management agencies said here Thursday.
Meteorology agency issued tsunami warning but then
lifted it as it did not happen, said Sutiyono, an official of the agency. Full story
Strong earthquake strikes
Indonesia
JAKARTA, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- A strong earthquake
measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale struck Melongane in Indonesia's North
Sulawesi province early Thursday, but there was no immediate report of
casualties or material damage, according to the country's Meteorology Agency.
The quake struck at 00:34 a.m. Jakarta time (1734
GMT, Wednesday) with its epicenter near Talaud Sea, about 320 kilometers
north-northeast of Manado. It truck at a depth of 10 kilometers. Full story
