NATURAL PHENOMENON earthquake vibrated pile, Residents Panic Kendari (Indonesia)

Tuesday, April 26, 2011KENDARI (AFP): The earthquake that occurred in succession several times in the city of Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, on Monday morning yesterday caused panic in the city's residents. This earthquake made void implementation of national examinations (UN) in a number of schools in the city. No casualties were killed, but several buildings were damaged.

Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) recorded an earthquake that was felt pretty hard occurs twice, namely at 7:07 pm with strength 6.0 Richter scale (SR) and at 7:25 pm with a magnitude 5.2 force. This was followed by aftershocks, four times that more and more small tremors.

Kendari residents scrambled out of the house when an earthquake measuring 6.0 magnitude rocked the entire region at around 7:07 pm.

Students from elementary, junior high school equivalent to that already arrived at school the teacher told them to go home.

Tremor was strong enough to make a lot of people panic. As happened in the self-service station employee Ray Buasa, Fai, who was so panic jumped from the third floor where he worked. Victims who jumped from a height of about 12 meters it has a broken spine. He was immediately taken to the hospital Ismoyo Haluoleu Korem 143.

Sia, friend of the victim, the victim claimed to have been warned not to panic and do not jump. "However, he still jumped in a panic," he said.

The earthquake also caused some schools to cancel the implementation of the national examination for junior high school in Kendari. Students running UN participants left the room. They panicked and returned home. "We were told to go home, the national exam today off and will be held tomorrow," said one student examinees, Arif, from SMP 10 Kendari.

In fact, students who are studying at primary school like 10 Poasia also jump out. They claim to be surprised that ran out of the study.

Not a few parents of students who go directly to the school to pick up his son. Some parents, whose children were in school, pick up their children to be invited back.

Fear of the tsunami also struck the citizens of Kendall. Once the earthquake, residents in three districts, namely Sub Kambu, Andononohu ​​District, and District Abeli, fled to higher ground.

Head of the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG) Kendari, Suwardi, said the quake had tsunami potential that does not happen due to a shift in Konawe Lasolo plate, which is 16 km from the city of Kendari at 04:11 latitude and 122.61 east longitude at a depth of 18 km.

"Characteristics of the earthquake that occurred no tsunami potential because of its strength below 6.5 SR with a small plate fault," he said.

Although no potential tsunami, the quake made a number of buildings cracked. Aroma Labakang dining furniture and nightspots Kendari Bay Tourist Park is located in the lips of Kendari Bay suffered heavy damage.

Some buildings are reportedly also suffered serious fractures, such as SMP Negeri 8 City of Kendari and several elementary schools in District Pohara, Konawe, and North Konawe.

Things that make people panic when an earthquake happens in Pohara was because many residents who fled to Kendari altitude areas due to the many information via short messages (SMS) that there will be a tsunami.

However, after they received information through a live radio (RRI) Kendari that presents a dialogue with the Head BMKG Kendari, Suwardi, residents began to calm down.

According Suardi, earthquake that occurred in the city of Kendari and its surroundings no tsunami potential, so he also urged people who had fled to the height of the morning to immediately return to their homes.

Kendari post-earthquake situation back to normal. Residents who evacuate to a location at an altitude of issues related to the tsunami have returned to their homes.
Courtesy Of www.suarakarya-online.com

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