In Indonesia, there is emergency post-earthquake to 4600 earthquake victims in Indonesia - International aid is - Over 4,600 people died when the island of Java on Saturday morning was rocked by a quake measuring 6.3. Indonesia has been hit for the third time in 18 months by a devastating earthquake. Find a day after the massive earthquake in Indonesia Helper in the mountains of rubble with their bare hands to desperate survivors. The hospitals could not cope with the influx of wounded on Sunday barely. Up to 20,000 people were injured. More than 100,000 people lost their homes. Almost half of them children and teenagers. The earthquake on the island of Java increased the fears of simmering volcano Mount Merapi could erupt for weeks now. Numerous aid agencies and governments offered support. The epicenter of the earthquake was about 50 km south of Yogyakarta on the west coast at a depth of 33 km. The quake caused no tsunami, but awoke many memories of the disaster of 26 December 2004 as a devastating tsunami after an earthquake in the Indian Ocean about 170,000 Indonesians pulled to his death. Hospital employees spoke of an unending stream of casualties.
The people sought refuge in churches and mosques or in public places, they spent the night outdoors for fear of aftershocks. Particularly hard hit is the region of Bantul, where more than 2,000 people were killed. Most of the buildings were razed to the ground. Numerous makeshift tents lined the streets. Aid convoys tried on Sunday to pave their way to the disaster area.
"special units of the army and volunteers of the Red Cross work through the ruins ".
Thousands of houses were damaged. right tents and clean water were scarce. In Bantul fell from all twelve water distribution systems or worked only partially. On Sunday came in first aid supplies. freighters of the military landed in Yogyakarata. The World Food Program sent first Teams with food to Java, the UN children's agency Unicef thousands of tents and tarpaulins in the region. The volcano Merapi increased after the quake, its activity. researchers said the quake was not caused by the volcano. could, however, it in turn the activity of the Merapi . strengthen residents on the slopes of the nearly 3,000 meter high mountain spoke of a hard hit, followed by a kind of thunder. died in a major quake in March 2005 on the island of Nias, more than 1,000 people. On Sunday, two more earthquakes rocked other countries that lie within the Ring of Fire: Tonga and Papua New Guinea. Reports of casualties or damage were not available.
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