Earthquake In Sumatra, Indonesia

in News, Places by Tajuddin — October 12, 2009 at 17:04 | 0 comments | 2,542 views |

A huge earthquake measuring magnitude 7.6 struck just offshore of the town of Padang in Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake toppled buildings and started many landslides, smashing homes and swallowing up entire villages. As rescue workers arrived and residents tried their best to dig out and help the survivors, another unrelated quake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck less than 1,000 km south of the original epicenter.

A survivor squats on top of the ruins of a village hit by a landslide which occured when an earthquake hit the area of Kapalo Koto in Pariaman, West Sumatra

A injured girl crying for help during an evacuation immediately after an earthquake hit Padang, Indonesia’s Sumatra

A man runs for help from burning houses after a powerful earthquake in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia

A worker takes a cigarette break during dismantling a car trapped under rubble at the M. Djamil General Hospital on October 2, 2009 in Padang, Indonesia.

Rescue workers from UAE meet before carrying out activities as dusk settles on the Ambacang Hotel on Saturday Oct. 3, 2009 in Padang

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A man walks out of a damaged dealership beside a car crushed after an earthquake in central Padang in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province

An aerial picture shows an area after landslide destroyed three villages following recent earthquakes in Pariaman

The victims are helped by the rescuers and volunteers.

A damaged building is seen on Saturday Oct. 3, 2009 in Padang, Indonesia

An Indonesian search and rescue team excavate the bodies of quake victims from underneath a collapsed building during an evacuation in Padang

A boy crawls under overhanging rubble in what used to be a market on Sunday Oct. 4, 2009 in Padang, Indonesia

Suri, an Indonesian woman, is rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building in the Sumatra

A rescue worker from Russia carries his dog onto the roof of a collapsed building in the earthquake-hit area

A man struggles in the mud in front of a collapsed house in a village hit by a landslide

A child lies on a mattress inside a house damaged by an earthquake in Padang Pariaman, a coastal town in the Indonesian

A man carrying ducks evacuates his house, damaged by an earthquake

The foot of an Indonesian villager who was buried by a landslide caused by last Wednesday’s earthquake

A rescue worker shows the identification card of a victim inside the Ambacang Hotel which collapsed

A motorcyclist and his passengers drive past destroyed houses at Patamuan village in Padang

Rescue workers walk past the Ambacang Hotel which collapsed in the earthquake-hit area of Padang

Indonesian villagers take shelter from the rain in an area where a landslide destroyed hundreds of homes

A soldier rests during a heavy downpour as rescue work continues at an earthquake-destroyed hotel in Padang in West Sumatra

Bride Evi Susanti waits for her groom Roni Gustiawan before the start of a traditional wedding ceremony in Pariaman, Indonesia

Guests attending Roni Gustiawan and Evi Susanti’s traditional wedding ceremony sit near a wall damaged during the earthquake

An abandoned school classroom in the collapsed Pulau Karam college in the Sumatran Island city of Pedang

Rescue workers from Turkey use a scope to search for survivors inside a building in the earthquake-hit area of Padang

An Indonesian woman mourns the death of her family members at the site where her family was buried alive in the Sumatran city of Tandiket

A man prays in front of a statue of Mary and Baby Jesus in a Catholic church which was affected by the earthquake

Nine-year-old Indah, who has two broken legs, screams in agony as she is consoled by her grandmother inside a makeshift tent

A man searches for scrap metal in a market that was destroyed in the earthquake

A Swiss rescue team continues efforts to find victims in Padang

Only the hair of a victim killed by the earthquake is visible amongst dirt and rubble, after she was uncovered in a destroyed building in central Padang