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Date: November 21, 2022 at 09:09:56
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: 5.6 Quake topples houses in Indonesia’s Java; at least 162 dead |
URL: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Earthquake-shakes-Indonesia-s-Java-island-17600322.php |
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Quake topples houses in Indonesia’s Java; at least 162 dead
FIRMAN TAUFIQ and EDNA TARIGAN, Associated Press
Nov. 20, 2022
CIANJUR, Indonesia (AP) — A powerful earthquake killed at least 162 people and injured hundreds on Indonesia’s main island on Monday. Terrified residents fled into the street, some covered in blood and debris.
Many of the dead were public-school students who had finished their classes for the day and were taking extra lessons at several Islamic schools when they collapsed, West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil said as he announced the new death toll in the remote, rural area.
The toll is expected to rise further, but no estimates were immediately available because of the area's far-flung, rural population. Roughly 175,000 people live in the town of Cianjur, part of a mountainous district of the same name with more than 2.5 million people. Known for their piety, the people of Cianjur live mostly in towns of one- and two-story buildings and in smaller homes in the surrounding countryside.
Kamil said that more than 13,000 people whose homes were heavily damaged were taken to evacuation centers.
Emergency workers treated the injured on stretchers and blankets outside hospitals, on terraces and in parking lots in the Cianjur region, about three hours drive from the capital, Java. The injured, including children, were given oxygen masks and IV lines. Some were resuscitated.
“I fainted. It was very strong," said Hasan, a construction worker who, like many Indonesians, uses one name. “I saw my friends running to escape from the building. But it was too late to get out and I was hit by the wall.”
Residents, some crying and holding their children, fled damaged homes after the magnitude 5.6 quake shook the region in West Java province in the late afternoon, at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles). It also caused panic in the greater Jakarta area, where high-rises swayed and some people evacuated.
In many homes in Cianjur, chunks of concrete and roof tiles fell inside bedrooms.
Shopkeeper Dewi Risma was working with customers when the quake hit, and she ran for the exit.
“The vehicles on the road stopped because the quake was very strong," she said. "I felt it shook three times, but the first one was the strongest one for around 10 seconds. The roof of the shop next to the store I work in had collapsed, and people said two had been hit.”
Twenty-five people were still stuck buried in the debris in Cijedil village, National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Abdul Muhari said earlier in the day.
Several landslides closed roads around the Cianjur district. Among the dozens of buildings that were damaged was a hospital, the agency said. Power outages were reported.
Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency recorded at least 25 aftershocks.
“The quake felt so strong. My colleagues and I decided to get out of our office on the ninth floor using the emergency stairs,” said Vidi Primadhania, a worked in the capital, where many residents ran into the streets and others hid under desks.
The country of more than 270 million people is frequently struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis because of its location on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin.
In February, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed at least 25 people and injured more than 460 in West Sumatra province. In January 2021, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed more than 100 people and injured nearly 6,500 in West Sulawesi province.
A powerful Indian Ocean quake and tsunami in 2004 killed nearly 230,000 people in a dozen countries, most of them in Indonesia.
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Date: November 22, 2022 at 11:38:53
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: 5.6 Quake topples houses in Indonesia’s Java; at least 162 dead |
URL: https://thehill.com/policy/international/3746302-death-toll-climbs-past-250-in-indonesia-quake/ |
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Death toll climbs past 250 in Indonesia quake
by Julia Shapero - 11/22/22 10:29 AM ET
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Enjot, 45, who lost his house and few relatives, walks past the rubble of a building collapsed in Monday’s earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. Rescuers on Tuesday struggled to find more bodies from the rubble of homes and buildings toppled by an earthquake that killed a number of people and injured hundreds on Indonesia’s main island of Java. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
The death toll following an earthquake in Indonesia on Monday has climbed to 268 as of Tuesday morning, according to The Associated Press.
At least 151 people remain missing and more than 1,000 were injured in the 5.6-magnitude earthquake, the AP reported. Rescue efforts, which stretched into Tuesday, were initially limited by power outages and damaged roads.
The earthquake struck the Cianjur region in West Java province at 1:21 p.m. local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
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Indonesia frequently faces earthquakes, given its location in the most seismically and volcanically active region of the world — the Pacific “Ring of Fire.”
However, the shallowness of Monday’s quake, occurring just six miles below the surface, likely contributed to its particularly devastating impact, as did a lack of earthquake-resistant infrastructure, The Washington Post reported.
Tens of thousands of homes were damaged in the earthquake, displacing more than 58,000 people, according to The New York Times.
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Date: November 22, 2022 at 15:11:44
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: 5.6 Quake topples houses in Indonesia’s Java; at least 162 dead |
URL: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/EXPLAINER-Why-was-Indonesia-s-shallow-quake-so-17603013.php |
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EXPLAINER: Why was Indonesia's shallow quake so deadly?
VICTORIA MILKO, AP Science Writer
Nov. 21, 2022
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A 5.6 magnitude earthquake left more than 260 dead and hundreds injured as buildings crumbled and terrified residents ran for their lives on Indonesia’s main island of Java.
Bodies continued to be pulled from the debris on Tuesday morning in the hardest-hit city of Cianjur, located in the country’s most densely populated province of West Java and some 217 kilometers (135 miles) south of the capital, Jakarta. A number of people are still missing.
While the magnitude would typically be expected to cause light damage to buildings and other structures, experts say proximity to fault lines, the shallowness of the quake and inadequate infrastructure that cannot withstand earthquakes all contributed to the damage.
Here's a closer look at the earthquake and some reasons why it caused so much devastation:
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WAS MONDAY'S EARTHQUAKE CONSIDERED “STRONG”?
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake late Monday afternoon measured 5.6 magnitude and struck at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles).
Quakes of this size usually don't cause widespread damage to well-built infrastructure. But the agency points out, “There is not one magnitude above which damage will occur. It depends on other variables, such as the distance from the earthquake, what type of soil you are on, building construction” and other factors.
Dozens of buildings were damaged in Indonesia, including Islamic boarding schools, a hospital and other public facilities. Also damaged were roads and bridges, and parts of the region experienced power blackouts.
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SO WHY DID THE QUAKE CAUSE SO MUCH DAMAGE?
Experts said proximity to fault lines, the depth of the temblor and buildings not being constructed using earthquake-proof methods were factors in the devastation.
“Even though the earthquake was medium-sized, it (was) close to the surface ... and located inland, close to where people live,” said Gayatri Marliyani, an assistant geology professor at Universitas Gadjah Mada, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. “The energy was still large enough to cause significant shaking that led to damage.”
The worst-affected area is close to several known faults, said Marliyani.
A fault is a place with a long break in the rock that forms the surface of the earth. When an earthquake occurs on one of these faults, the rock on one side of the fault slips with respect to the other.
“The area probably has the most inland faults compared to the other parts of Java,” said Marliyani.
She added that while some well-known faults are in the area, there are many other active faults that are not well studied.
Many buildings in the region are also not built with quake-proof designs, which further contributed to the damage, said Danny Hilman Natawidjaja, an earthquake geology expert at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences Geotechnology Research Center.
“This makes a quake of this size and depth even more destructive,” he said.
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DOES INDONESIA USUALLY HAVE EARTHQUAKES LIKE THIS?
The country of more than 270 million people is frequently struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis because of its location on the arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin known as the “Ring of Fire.” The area spans some 40,000 kilometers (25,000 miles) and is where a majority of the world’s earthquakes occur.
Many of Indonesia's earthquakes are minor and cause little to no damage. But there have also been deadly earthquakes.
In February, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed at least 25 people and injured more than 460 in West Sumatra province. In January 2021, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed more than 100 people and injured nearly 6,500 in West Sulawesi province.
A powerful Indian Ocean quake and tsunami in 2004 killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries, most of them in Indonesia.
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