Two quakes kill at least 70 in Sumatra

[muriel_volestrangler]

Two strong earthquakes hit Indonesia's Sumatra island on Tuesday, killing at least 70 people and sending emergency operations into full swing to deal with dozens of injured.

The tremors were felt as far away as Malaysia and Singapore, where several buildings were evacuated.

The first quake of magnitude 6.3 was felt in the West Sumatra provincial capital of Padang at around 11 a.m., sparking panic among seaside residents who feared it might trigger a tsunami.

A second 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck the same area two hours later, causing more panic.

However, there was no immediate tsunami warning after the quakes, which were on land.

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[Eurobabe]

1. One of those volcanoes are going to BLOW, any day now...

[sam sarrha]

2. Toba is acting up again.. the last time it went off it started the Ice Age and reduced the human

population down to about 1200 individuals in central africa

[Eugene]

3. At least 82 dead in Indonesia quake - AFP

At least 82 dead in Indonesia quake

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JAKARTA (AFP) - At least 82 people were killed Tuesday and hundreds injured in a 6.3-magnitude
earthquake that rocked Indonesia's Sumatra island, officials said.

"The toll won't stop rising because the quake happened in a relatively populated region," said
Damien Personnaz, a spokesman for children's agency UNICEF, who gave the figure of 82 dead.

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Hundreds of others were injured, Rosmini Savitri, an official in the disaster zone, told AFP
by phone.

"The number of people injured has become 257," she said.

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Many people were trapped in collapsed buildings and there was no official information about
the situation at the quake's epicentre because phone lines were down, Utjin Sudiana, West
Sumatra's police chief, told AFP.

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