Jakarta, Indonesia.
At least 46 people were killed and 826 injured in a magnitude 6.2 earthquake. celebrity island, in central Indonesia, according to the latest official issue.
In addition, about 15,000 people take refuge in the fifteen centers in evacuation authorized by the authorities, which warns of the danger strong remarks.
Of the wounded, 189 were hospitalized with a terrible prognosis, he said in a statement on Saturday disasters (BNPB), which specifies that victim data are still collected and have not yet specified a possible number of missing.
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This morning a magnitude 5 earthquake In the region, it caused panic among the inhabitants of Mamuju and Majene, who, with 37 and 9 deaths respectively, were the populations most affected by Friday’s earthquake.
“BNPB asks people who live in areas mountainous Be aware of landslides and rocks. In addition, those who live in coastal areas always stay alert and stay away from the beach immediately if you feel a backlash, “says the agency in the face of potential landslides or a tsunami.
– The earthquake took place early in the morning –
Rescue teams suspect several people are still trapped among them scrap of the hundreds of collapsed buildings, especially in a hospital that collapsed with patients and their families inside.
He earthquake, which took place in the early hours of Friday, surprised sleeping residents and caused major damage in about 10 cities in the area.
The operation of emergency managed to restore power supply and communications in one part of the region and managed to clear at least three sections of road cut off by landslides, which made it difficult for aid to arrive.
The teams are also focused on repairing a bridge destroyed by the fort tremble, which lasted between 5 and 7 seconds, which would allow the arrival of heavy equipment needed for relief tasks.
In September 2018, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the island of Sulawesi and caused a tsunami that killed more than 2,000 people and displaced 200,000 people in the cities of Palu and Donggala.
Indonesia is located on the so-called “Pacific Ring of Fire”, an area with high seismic and volcanic activity in which about 7,000 earthquakes are recorded each year, most of them moderate.