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Date:
Wed, 19 September 2007 12:04 WesternIndonesiaTime
Subject:
Bengkulu Earthquake on Early First Night of Ramadhan
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powerful earthquake centered near the Indonesian island of Sumatra
toppled buildings on Wednesday and
set off the first of several tsunami alerts.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center of the Commerce Department and
seismologists working in the region said tide-gauge readings showed
that the first earthquake, which had a magnitude of 8.4, had
generated small tsunamis that struck nearby shores, and that it
might have caused some destruction along the coast.
The second earthquake struck about 200 miles to the northwest of
the first earthquake’s epicenter. The United States Geological
Survey reported the second quake’s magnitude as 7.8.
PETER GELLING and ANDREW C. REVKIN
New York Times, September 13, 2007
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Emergency workers gather at the scene of
a collapsed building in Padang, the capital of West Sumatra,
September 12, 2007, after a powerful earthquake measuring 7.9 struck
near Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday triggering tsunami
warnings across the region, officials said. A Reuters witness said
residents of Padang fled for higher ground. Indonesia's
Meteorological agency said via an sms alert that the earthquake's
epicentre was 159 km (99 miles) southwest of Bengkulu, which is in
south Sumatra.
REUTERS/SCTV via Reuters
TV (INDONESIA) INDONESIA OUT
Reuters - Wed Sep 12,
10:02 AM ET |
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A resident tries to salvage materials
from the wreckage of a mosque after an earthquake in Lais in the
Indonesian province of Bengkulu September 13, 2007. Indonesia's
Sumatra island was pounded by aftershocks on Thursday after a
massive earthquake toppled hundreds of buildings, killing at least
10 people and burying many others in the wreckage.
REUTERS/Dadang Tri
(INDONESIA)
Reuters - Thu Sep 13,
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A vehicle drives near a damaged road at
Serangai village near the Indonesian city of Bengkulu September 14,
2007. Indonesia's meteorology agency issued a tsunami warning on
Friday after another strong earthquake struck southern Sumatra
island. Sumatra has been hit by a series of powerful earthquakes
since a magnitude 8.4 quake struck on Wednesday.
REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA) Reuters - Fri
Sep 14, 4:01 AM ET |
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Indonesian soldiers load aid for
earthquake victims onto a truck in Bengkulu, Sumatra island,
Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007. A second powerful earthquake in
as many days jolted Southeast Asia and triggered a regional tsunami
warning Thursday sending panicked residents fleeing inland. At least
nine people were killed and 49 injured in the twin tremors, which
caused tall buildings to sway in at least three countries.
(AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
AP - Thu Sep 13, 3:19 AM
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Indonesian soldiers move a man injured
in the quake to M. Yunus hospital in Bengkulu, 13 September, after
they slept outside overnight due to aftershocks a day after a
massive 8.4 magnitude earthquake shook the region.
(AFP/Adek Berry)
AFP - Wed Sep 12, 11:18
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Patients at M. Yunus hospital in
Bengkulu rest outside, 13 September, a day after a massive 8.4
magnitude earthquake shook the region. Huge aftershocks rumbled
across Indonesia's Sumatra island on Thursday, as rescue teams
rushed to the area to assess the destruction.
(AFP/Adek Berry)
AFP - Thu Sep 13, 12:04
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People watch as a tug boat runs aground
in Kota Agung beach, Bengkulu province September 14, 2007.
Frightened residents on Indonesia's Sumatra island huddled in tents
outside their damaged homes on Friday, traumatized by the latest of
nearly 40 aftershocks since a huge earthquake struck two days ago.
REUTERS/Dadang Tri
(INDONESIA) Reuters - Fri Sep 14, 1:22 AM ET |
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Villagers are pictured
sitting inside a vehicle after the police announced a tsunami
warning at Lais district near the Indonesian city of Bengkulu
September 14, 2007. Indonesia's Sumatra island was hit by a series
of aftershocks on Thursday after a powerful earthquake toppled
hundreds of buildings, killing at least 10 people and burying many
others. Indonesia suffers frequent quakes, as it lies on an active
seismic belt on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire".
REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA)
Reuters - Fri Sep 14, 3:45 AM ET
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Wednesday 12 September 2007 at the dusk
after praying, I read the holy book. In the middle of reading it,
all of a sudden I felt dizzy, like swaying left and right, and there
was some sounds of cricketing on the ceiling like when it was an
earth quake, but the tremor was not so strong. Since it was the
first night of the fasting month of Ramadhan, what came to my
mind was that probably the Ramadhan came with stronger power this
year so that I felt like some unseen things with strong power
came down from the sky.
A few minutes later after I finished the
reading, I went out of my room to take some drinking water and it
was then I realized from the TV news that there has been an
earth quake felt mostly by Jakarta people who were on the tall
buildings. The epicenter was in Bengkulu, a 7,9 magnitude
earthquake devastating some houses there.
I certainly hope that people suffering
from the earthquake there could accept it wholeheartedly and
steadfastly withhold the difficulties. With every difficulty there is
ease, relief. Since it happened at the first night of fasting month of Ramadhan, hopefully it was a sign from above that every pray would
have wider opportunity to get answers. Or if using the Internet
terms, there is a broader and faster 'Kilobyte per second' to send the pray much
faster, to be processed and replied sooner.
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