Jakarta, Indonesia.
At least 46 people have been killed and 826 injured in the magnitude 6.2 earthquake, which struck yesterday. island of Sulawesi, In the central region of Indonesia, according to the latest official count.
In addition about 15,000 people are refugees in the fifteen centers of evacuation enabled by the authorities, those who warn of the danger of strong aftershocks.
Among the wounded, 189 are hospitalized with a serious prognosis, points out this Saturday in a statement the management agency of disasters (BNPB), which states that data on victims are still being collected and have not yet specified a possible number of missing persons.
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During this morning one telluric motion of magnitude 5 in the region has caused panic among residents of the cities of Mamuju and Majene, which with 37 and 9 deaths respectively were the populations hardest hit by Friday’s quake.
“BNPB asks people living in areas mountainous which are the target of landslides and rocks. In addition, those living in coastal areas should always remain alert and stay away from the beach immediately if they hear a aftershock, ”the agency notes in the face of potential avalanches or a tsunami.
– Earthquake occurred in the morning –
Rescue crews suspect several people remain trapped between them runes of the hundreds of dilapidated buildings, especially in a hospital that collapsed with patients and their relatives inside.
the earthquake, Which occurred on Friday morning, surprised sleeping residents and has caused extensive damage in about 10 towns in the area.
The operation of emergency managed to reset electricity supply and communications in part of the region, and managed to clear at least three stretches of road cut by landslides that made it difficult for aid to arrive.
Teams are also focusing on fixing a bridge destroyed by the fort tremble, Which lasted between 5 and 7 seconds, which would allow the arrival of the necessary heavy machinery for relief work.
In September 2018, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake shook the island of Sulawesi and caused a tsunami that killed more than 2,000 people and displaced 200,000 people in the towns of Palu and Donggala.
Indonesia sits on the so-called “Pacific Ring of Fire”, an area of high seismic and volcanic activity in which about 7,000 earthquakes are recorded each year, most of them moderate.