Latest Emergencies in Indonesia
Padang Earthquake 2009
September 30, 2009
Indonesian officials have suggested that the death toll is likely to rise sharply, because of the large number of people trapped in collapsed buildings. Authorities have announced that several disaster management teams are en route to Padang although it is likely to take several hours for them to reach more remote areas.[13] Rescue workers pulled dozens of survivors from the rubble and rushed them to Djamil Hospital. The hospital itself was overwhelmed with patients, and many patients were treated in tents set up outside the hospital. Emergency workers searched a collapsed 30-story school building for survivors, finding 4 students alive and recovering 6 bodies. Emergency workers and volunteers continue to search for survivors at the school. At another building, rescue workers passed a water bottle into an opening for a person trapped beneath the rubble. A man was trapped beneath a flattened hotel for 25 hours with a broken leg before rescue workers pulled him free. The Indonesian military has deployed emergency response teams with earth moving equipment to help move rubble and recover trapped victims.[14]
World Vision, Oxfam, IFRC and Mercy Corps have confirmed that they are flying their emergency response teams to the devastated Padang area to do the rapid assessment of the catastrophe.[15] The Red Cross is seeking donations to help cover earthquake relief costs.[16]
Sumbawa Earthquake, May, 2007
Mei 24, 2007
The Earthquake happen at 09.06 AM local time. The Earthquake have magnitude 6.5 Richter Scale at 50Km depth
Visit disaster information page.Padang Earthquake, March, 2007
Maret 06, 2007
The Earthquake happen at 10:49 AM. The Earthquake have magnitude 6.3 Richter Scale at 30Km depth
Visit disaster information page.Jakarta Flood, February, 2007
Februari 24, 2007
The number of people killed during two days of widespread flooding in Indonesia has grown to at least 33. Days of lashing rain subsided to sporadic showers on Thursday but, with forecasts for continued and increasingly heavy rain over the next month, government officials are warning that the disaster is far from over.
So far, almost 200,000 residents have been left homeless as torrential downpours have swept through the capital, Jakarta, the resort island of Bali, and sections of the islands of Java, Madura, Sumatra, and Borneo. The people are leaving their houses in search of safety and dryness
Officials said between 15-20% of Jakarta was underwater on Wednesday. Reports said up to four metres (13 feet) of muddy brown water remained in some parts of the city. The flooding is the worst since 1996 when at least 30 people were killed in Jakarta. Most of the deaths have occurred in Jakarta and surrounding towns but local media reports say eight people have died in towns in eastern Java and at least five have been killed on the resort island of Bali.
Yogyakarta Hurricane, February, 2007
Februari 18, 2007
Yogyakarta hurricane, destroyed many public facilities such as Lempuyangan trainstation and schools.
Visit disaster information page.Pangandaran Tsunami, July 2006
Juli 17, 2006
The earthquake caused a three-meter-high tsunami which destroyed houses on the south coast of Java, killing at least 668 people and leaving at least 65 missing.
The tsunami smashed into a 110-mile stretch of Javas coastline that was unaffected by the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Waves more than 6 feet high reached 200 yards inland in some places, destroying scores of houses, restaurants and hotels. Cars, motorbikes and boats were left mangled amid fishing nets, furniture and other debris.
The tsunami struck the southern Indonesian coastal villages of Cipatujah and Pangandaran on the coast southeast of Bandung and Garut. There is reportedly extensive damage at the West Java beach resort of Pangandaran. Thousands of people at the resort fled to higher ground
Sidoarjo Mud Flow, May 2006
Mei 29, 2006
The eruption started on May 28, 2006 when the Lapindo Brantas company drilled a 3.2 km deep exploratory well looking for natural gas. Attempts to stop the emerging sludge by trying to cap the well or block it with concrete have been unsuccessful. Along with hot (60C) mud, hydrogen sulphide gas also escapes. Some 50,000 m of hot mud were erupting every day as of August; in September, the amount increased to some 125,000 cubic metres daily. By early September about 25 square km had been flooded by mud.
Since May 2006, more than 13,000 people in the Porong subdistrict have been displaced from eight villages. Twenty factories had to be abandoned. Rice fields and fish and shrimp ponds have been destroyed. Infrastructure has been affected including a toll road, railroad tracks, and a gas pipe. On the 23 of November eleven fatalities were reported from the explosion of a gas pipe possibly caused by the mud flow. It is feared that the environmental impact will spread when further mud flow is directed to the Porong River and then to the sea.
Yogyakarta Earthquake, May, 2006
Mei 27, 2006
The May 2006 Java earthquake occurred at 05:54 local time on 27 May 2006 (22:54 GMT 26 May), in the Indian Ocean around 25 km (15 miles) south-southwest of the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta, near Galur, on the southern side of the island of Java (8.007 S 110.286 E), 17.1 km below the seabed, according to the U.S. Geological Survey; Jakarta\'s Meteorology and Geophysics Agency determined the hypocentre to be about 37 km south of Yogyakarta, 33 km below the seabed. The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.3. Two aftershocks, measured at 4.8 and 4.6, occurred between 4 and 6 hours later.
The earthquake is thought to have been tectonic in origin and not directly associated with the ongoing eruption of nearby Mount Merapi, although the earthquake is reported to have caused increased activity in the volcano. The isle of Java lies on the boundaries of the Australian plate and the Eurasian plate. This position places it on the Ring of Fire and predisposes it to common earthquakes and other tectonic activity. The interaction of the two plates below the surface of the Earth caused this earthquake.