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M6.6 EARTHQUAKE IN INDONESIA

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1 M6.6 EARTHQUAKE IN INDONESIA
1 AM, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2011 Other Supercourse lectures on Earthquakes - Dr. Walter Hays, Global Alliance For Disaster Reduction

2 The M6.6, subduction-zone earthquake occurred at an intermediate depth (115 km—69 mi) below Singkil, Aceh on Sumatra, Indonesia.

3 IN DECEMBER, 2004, A M9.3 EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED NEAR BANDA ESCHE

4 INITIAL REPORTS People streaming from houses, hotels and at least one hospital in panic.

5 In Medan, the provincial capital of North Sumatra, hundreds of patients from at least one hospital had to be evacuated, some in wheelchairs or with IVs attached to their arms.

6 INITIAL REPORTS Two deaths
At least 12 schools and 3 health care centers were damaged.

7 INITIAL REPORTS A number of mosques, churches and hospitals, were damaged by the earthquake More than 250 shops and kiosks caught fire, due to power problems.

8 INITIAL REPORTS Hundreds of homes in the villages of Desa Tangga Besi, Kecamatan Simpang Kiri and Subulussalam uninhabitable. Hundreds of people were evacuated to temporary shelters

9 SEPTEMBER 5, 2011: DAMAGED HOMES

10 SEPTEMBER 5, 2011: DAMAGED HOMES


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