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People queue for petrol outside a gas station in Padang, Indonesia, on October 2, 2009. A major earthquake took place in Indonesia Wednesday has caused petrol shortage in Padang. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)
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PADANG, Indonesia, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Death toll from the 7.6-magnitude quake that hit in West Sumatra province of Indonesia Wednesday has reached 535 people and 303 others went missing, the provincial Disaster Management Agency said here Saturday.
The quake has seriously injured 223 people, the agency said.
It has also destroyed 21,732 houses and caused damage to 16, 293 others, the agency added.
The death toll would probably rise to more than 1,000 as many have been trapped under the debris.
Indonesia, home to over 230 million people, is laid on a vulnerable quake-hit zone called the "Pacific Ring of Fire," where two continental plates, stretching from Western hemisphere to Japan, meet. The geological feature has caused frequent seismic and volcanic movements.
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Rescuers carry a victim's body in the Sumatran city of Padang, Indonesia, on Oct. 2, 2009. 1,100 people were killed in a powerful earthquake Wednesday evening and the number could rise to thousands as many people were still trapped in the debris. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)
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Residents clean the rubble of a collapsed building in the Sumatran city of Padang, Indonesia, on Oct. 2, 2009. 1,100 people were killed in a powerful earthquake Wednesday evening and the number could rise to thousands as many people were still trapped in the debris. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)
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UN dispatches relief effort to Indonesia's quake-stricken West Sumatra
JAKARTA, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations deployed its staff, resources and relief supplies to the earthquake-devastated West Sumatra and coordinating the relief efforts of the international humanitarian community, a local media reported here on Friday. Full story
Indonesia's quake toll raises to 451
PADANG, Indonesia, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The number of fatalities of the 7.6 magnitude quake in West Sumatra of Indonesia has reached 451, the local Disaster Management Agency reported here on Friday, but Health Ministry said the figure has reached more than 750. Full story
Indonesia's quake hit-Sumatra needs $300-400 mln for rehabilitation
JAKARTA, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's Vice President Jusuf Kalla said that rehabilitation for damaged infrastructures and buildings in the earthquake-hit areas in Sumatra Island will need 3-4 trillion rupiah (about 300-400 million U.S. dollars), the private news portal Kompas.com reported on Friday. Full story
