Earthquake in Indonesia by kristina leskova

Last Wednesday there was a strong earthquake in west of Indonesia. It damaged hundreds of buildings and many people were injured and unfortunately also killed. This earthquake also damaged hotels in the city Padang which is situated on the western coast of Sumatra. The epicenter of that earthquake was located 80 kilometers under the sea bottom and 45 kilometers from Padang city. The officials reported another earthquake in the same area only few hours later. The vibration could be felt also in Jakarta, Malaysia and Singapore. Jakarta is 960 kilometers far away from Padang. So you can imagine how strong the earthquake was. But for the citizens this is not the first earthquak! e and also not the last. These islands are situated in Pacific Ocean and in this area earthquake is quite common phenomenon. Officially the number of victims increased to 704 people. Many of the people were killed in hotel in Padang. Rescue crews tried to search for people under the concrete debris. But how long can you live without food and water? Today is the seventh day since the earthquake happened and the rescue teams are using heavy equipment to be able to reconstruct the area. But the life goes further and even though there are families who lost their relatives, they have to work and their children have to go to school. Most of the relatives do not believe that there could be somebody alive, but they are waiting at least for the body. It is a sad story, many people died, children lost their fathers or mothers and these people do not know when another earthquake will come.

related story (sgx15545): http://new! s.yahoo. com/s/ap/20091006/ap_on_re_as/as_indonesia...

by kristina leskova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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