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Police officers help to evacuate patients after a magnitude 6.2 earthquake damaged a local hospital in West Pasaman, in Indonesia's West Sumatra province on February 25, 2022.

Indonesia earthquake

Two dead as 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia's Sumatra

By AFP

At least two people died when a 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's Sumatra island on Friday, with residents shuttling loved ones to safety.

  • A seismograph measures seismic activity. Picture: AFP

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    The afternoon quake hit offshore about 45 kilometres southwest of Malang city in East Java, damaging hundreds of homes as well as schools, government offices and mosques across the region.

    402 days ago
  • FILE: A health worker administers the Sinovac vaccine against the COVID-19 coronavirus at a community health centre in Lambaro, Indonesia's Aceh province on 18 January 2021. Picture: AFP

    Indonesian medics overwhelmed by quake casualties

    Doctors in hazard suits treated patients with broken limbs and other injuries at a makeshift medical centre set up outside the only one of the city's hospitals that survived relatively intact - one was flattened by the violent tremor.

    484 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    Hunt for buried survivors after Indonesia quake

    At least 45 people died after the 6.2-magnitude quake struck in the early hours of Friday, triggering panic among residents of the island.

    487 days ago
  • Rescuers search for survivors at the Mitra Manakarra hospital in Mamuju city on  15 January 2021, where patients and staff were trapped beneath the rubble after the hospital was flattened when a 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's Sulawesi island. Picture: Firdaus/AFP.

    Powerful Indonesia quake kills at least 34, topples buildings

    Hundreds more were injured when the 6.2-magnitude quake struck in the early hours, triggering panic among the terrified residents of Indonesia's Sulawesi island.

    487 days ago
  • Indonesian K9 police unit searches for victims in Palu, in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi on 5 October 2018, following the 28 September earthquake and tsunami. Picture: AFP.

    Tens of thousands homeless a year after Indonesia quake - Red Cross

    The magnitude 7.5 quake and subsequent deluge razed swathes of the coastal city on Sulawesi island last September, killing more than 4,300 people and displacing some 170,000 residents.

    967 days ago
  • An Indonesia Red Cross official works through the aftermath of an earthquake. Picture: @palangmerah/Twitter

    Indonesia issues tsunami warning after 6.9 magnitude quake

    The quake struck at a depth of 24 kilometres and was centred in the Molucca Sea between north Sulawesi and north Maluku, according to the USGS.

    1045 days ago
  • This handout from Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) taken on 27 February, 2018 shows local officials inspecting the damage to a mosque in Boven Digoel, Papua province, Indonesia, following a powerful earthquake in neighbouring Papua New Guinea. Picture: AFP

    6.1-magnitude earthquake rocks Indonesia's Papua

    The quake hit about 240 kilometres west of the town of Abepura in Papua province at 10:05 am local time, at a depth of 21 kilometres, according to the US Geological Survey.

    1059 days ago
  • FILE: A seismograph takes readings of an earthquake. Picture: AFP

    6.1-magnitude earthquake rocks Indonesia's Papua

    The quake was about 158 kilometres south-southwest of the province's capital Jayapura at 6:42 pm, at a depth of 61 kilometres, according to the US Geological Survey.

    1248 days ago
  • Rescuers walk past debris at Perumnas Balaroa village in Palu, Indonesia's Central Sulawesi on 5 October 2018, following the 28 September earthquake and tsunami. Picture: AFP

    [VIDEO] Indonesia: 'I could smell the dead bodies under the rubble'

    EWN reporter Ziyanda Ngcobo takes you inside the recent Indonesia earthquake. Ngcobo travelled with NGO, Gift of the Givers, who responded to the international call for humanitarian aid in the country.

    1310 days ago
  • Members of Gift of the Givers South Africa arrived in Indonesia following a deadly earthquake and tsunami. Picture: Ziyanda Ngcobo/EWN

    Gift of the Givers head home after wrapping up relief efforts in Indonesia

    The Gift of the Givers team has closed off its mission, distributing the last batch of food parcels and revisiting medical patients seen earlier this week.

    1313 days ago
  • Indonesian K9 police unit searches for victims in Palu, in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi on 5 October 2018, following the 28 September earthquake and tsunami. Picture: AFP

    Search called off in Indonesian quake-tsunami: official

    Indonesian authorities Thursday called off the search for thousands still believed missing since a powerful earthquake and tsunami devastated Palu city a fortnight ago, killing more than 2,000 people.

    1315 days ago
  • Indonesia earthquake survivor Harina Moro recalls her rescue. Picture: Ziyanda Ngcobo/EWN

    Indonesia earthquake survivor recalls terrifying moments, rescue

    The 60-year-old Harina Moro has told Eyewitness News how she held onto a pillar to stay alive.

    1315 days ago
  • Harina Moro (60) was stuck in the mud for 3 days after the earthquake. Picture: Ziyanda Ngcobo/EWN.

    300 Indonesian families receiving aid from Gift of the Givers

    Volunteers will be building tents able to accommodate several families in one of the worst affected villages, Petobo.

    1315 days ago
  • Members of Gift of the Givers South Africa arrived in Indonesia following a deadly earthquake and tsunami. Picture: Ziyanda Ngcobo/EWN

    Indonesian authorities bar all foreign aid workers from disaster sites

    This is despite President Joko Widodo’s appeal for international assistance after the powerful 7.5 magnitude quake.

    1316 days ago
  • This is 38-year-old Merlina who is living in a tent after the earthquake. She lives in Ngataburu where residents are understood to sometimes fight for water. It’s a scarce resource here and not much aid has arrived this side of town. Picture: Ziyanda Ngcobo/EWN.

    Indonesia earthquake survivors fight over water due to aid shortage

    A team of 32 volunteers travelling with the Gift of the Givers are in the country providing medical and humanitarian assistance and search and recovery operations.

    1316 days ago
  • An Indonesian patient is having the stitches on her head checked by orthopaedic surgeon Mounim Korchi from Denmark after a rock fell on her head during the earthquake on 9 October 2018. Picture: Ziyanda Ngcobo/EWN

    Gift of the Givers volunteers undeterred after 'quake shakes Palu

    Residents were rudely awakened by the rupture on Tuesday morning causing aid workers to evacuate their rooms and tents and run for safety.

    1316 days ago
  • Some of the damage in the Boloroa village. Household items are still visible in the rubble serving as a reminder that families once lived there. The quake shifted homes a few metres away from where they originally were and sunk at a nearly 4m deep. Picture: Ziyanda Ngcobo/EWN

    5.2 magnitude tremor hits Indonesia’s Palu city

    Volunteers travelling with NGO Gift of the Givers described to Eyewitness News how they woke up to urgently evacuate their rooms and tents and run for safety.

    1317 days ago
  • Some of the damage in the Boloroa village. Household items are still visible in the rubble serving as a reminder that families once lived there. The quake shifted homes a few metres away from where they originally were and sunk at a nearly 4m deep. Picture: Ziyanda Ngcobo/EWN

    #Indonesia: 'I almost got hit by a tree, car & house'

    A 35-year-old resident who says she has been living in Balaroa since 1989 says she was sitting in her home with her eight-year-old son when the earthquake ripped through her home.

    1317 days ago
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