INDONESIA - Hundreds die in Indonesian quake

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Saturday, 27 May 2006,

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Hundreds

die in Indonesian quake

 

 

 

 

 

 

At least 1,400 people have been killed and thousands more injured by a

strong earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Java, officials have

said.

The quake, measuring 6.2, flattened buildings in a

densely-populated area near the city of Yogyakarta on the

southern coast of Java.

Witnesses said people fled as their homes collapsed around them,

after the quake struck early in the morning.

Electricity and communications across the city were also down,

police said.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang

Yudhoyono has ordered the military to help evacuate victims.

Yogyakarta's airport was closed.

Local media said the runway had cracked and part of a roof had caved in.

Yogyakarta is near the Mount Merapi volcano, which

threatened to erupt earlier this month, forcing thousands of people to be evacuated.

 

The earthquake is not thought to be

caused by the volcano, but there are reports of heightened activity in its

vicinity.

Officials said that although the area affected was coastal there

was no tsunami resulting from the quake.

'Concrete

chunks'

The quake hit at 0554 local time (2253

GMT Friday), around 25km

(15 miles) south of the city of Yogyakarta, the US Geological Survey (USGS)

said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thousands now. But that is due more to construction that was not

earthquake proof something that all countries and locales need to pay

attention to. Astronomically it was a full moon and low tide which

often triggers quakes though I have been noting that a lot of major

quakes lately have been occurring during about a 3 house angle. There

was also a quake new the US-Mexico border this morning.

 

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>Hundreds die in Indonesian quake

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>At least 1,400 people have been killed and thousands more injured by a strong

earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Java, officials have said.

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>The quake, measuring 6.2, flattened buildings in a densely-populated area near

the city of Yogyakarta on the southern coast of Java.

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>Witnesses said people fled as their homes collapsed around them, after the

quake struck early in the morning.

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>Electricity and communications across the city were also down, police said.

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>Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered the military to help

evacuate victims.

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>Yogyakarta's airport was closed. Local media said the runway had cracked and

part of a roof had caved in.

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>Yogyakarta is near the Mount Merapi volcano, which threatened to erupt earlier

this month, forcing thousands of people to be evacuated.

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>The earthquake is not thought to be caused by the volcano, but there are

reports of heightened activity in its vicinity.

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>Officials said that although the area affected was coastal there was no tsunami

resulting from the quake.

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>'Concrete chunks'

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>The quake hit at 0554 local time (2253 GMT Friday), around 25km (15 miles)

south of the city of Yogyakarta, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

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