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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Powerful earthquake strikes Indonesia |
| 2018-09-28 |
| A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake shook Indonesia on Friday, hours after several tremblors struck the country, officials said. The most intense quake struck the central Sulawesi region at around 6 p.m. and was centered at a depth of 6 miles about 35 miles northeast of Donggala, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake briefly triggered a tsunami warning that was later lifted. It wasn’t immediately clear if there were any deaths as a result of the quake, but an official with Akris – the local disaster agency – told the Associated Press, “many houses have collapsed.”  “It happened while we still have difficulties in collecting data from nine villages affected by the first quake,” the official said. “People ran out in panic.” Sutopo Purow Nugroho, a National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman, said communications with the earthquake-stricken region were disrupted. “Our early estimation, based on experience, is that it caused widespread damage, beginning from Palu northward to Donggala,” he told MetroTV. Earlier Friday, Indonesia was struck by multiple earthquakes. At least one person was killed and dozens of homes were damaged. |
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