Global General

Special

Newsmaker

Asia Pacific

America

Middle East

Europe

Africa

Strong Indonesia quake kills 200, traps thousands

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-10-01 09:24

A man sits on a motorcycle outside a collapsed shopping mall after an earthquake hit Padang, on Indonesia's Sumatra island September 30, 2009. [Agencies]

JAKARTA: A disaster management official says at least 200 people have been killed by the powerful earthquake that struck western Indonesia.

Related readings:  Indonesia quake kills 75, traps thousands  UN chief deeply saddened by death in Samoa quake, tsunami  Quake triggers tsunami in the Samoas, killing 99  8.0 magnitude quake generates tsunami off Samoa islands  5.1-magnitude quake hits western China

Priyadi Kardono, a spokesman for the National Disaster Management Agency, says the deaths were counted in the coastal Sumatran city of Padang, following Wednesday's 7.6 magnitude quake.

A higher death toll is expected once officials tally casualties in other areas of West Sumatra province where communications and roads have been severed.

Kardono said Thursday that about 500 buildings collapsed in Padang, a sprawling regional capital of 900,000 people.

A huge aid operation was under way.

   Previous page 1 2 3 4 Next Page  

   Previous page 1 2 3 4 Next Page