Earthquake in Padang-West Sumatra

The Seconds of Earthquake in Padang, West Sumatra
17:16 pm, Wednesday ,30-9-2009
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Earthquake evacuation

Earthquake evacuation difficulties due to rainy weather. For a while the victim was killed by a great earthquake in Sumatra had reached 200 souls. The number is estimated to continue to grow. Because many victims are still buried under collapsed buildings.

The most severe earthquake hit Padang. Because this city are very near to the epicenter at coordinates 0.84 south latitude, 99.65 East Longitude, 57 kilometers southwest of Pariaman, West Sumatra.

The earthquake in Padang - West Sumatra

The earthquake occurred in Padang - West Sumatra
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The earthquake occurred in Padang - West Sumatra.

Vibration of an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter Scale (SR) which occurs at 22 km southwest of West Sumatra Pariaman on Wednesday at 17:38 pm, also felt the people in Aceh, Jambi, Riau, Bengkulu, North Sumatra, Batam Nagoya business district and Singapore.

According to BMKG, SR 7.6 magnitude earthquake that occurred in West Sumatra the sea area, but no tsunami potential.