INDONESIA QUAKE FACTS

摘要

A second 6.6 magnitude quake on 1 October caused further damage. These quakes followed an even bigger undersea tremor of 8.0 in the South Pacific on 29 September, which triggered a huge tsunami that killed scores of people on the Samoan and Tonga islands. It occurred at a depth of 18km, 185km east north east of Hihifo, Tonga. Indonesia's quake devastated 10 districts in the Western Sumatra province. More than 88,000 houses and 285 schools have been flattened, with another 100,000 public buildings and 36km of road damaged. In the capital, Padang, scores of tall buildings, including hotels, a shopping mall, mosques and schools collapsed.