The 2009 Padang earthquake occurred just off the southern coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The major shock hit at 17:16:10 local time on September 30, 2009 (10:16:10 UTC, September 30). It registered a moment magnitude of 7.6 making it similar in size to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the 1935 Quetta earthquake, the 2001 Gujarat earthquake, and the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. The epicenter was 45 kilometres (28 mi) west-northwest of Padang, Sumatra, and 220 kilometres (140 mi) southwest of Pekanbaru, Sumatra. At least 1100 people were killed as a result, with thousands more trapped in collapsed buildings.
A second earthquake, which measured 6.6 Mw, struck the province of Jambi in central Sumatra, 08:52:29 local time on 1 October 2009 at a depth of 15 kilometres (9.3 mi), about 46 kilometres south-east of Sungaipenuh. It is not yet clear whether the two events are related.
Indonesia is situated within a zone of intense seismic activity known as the "Pacific Ring of Fire". It is located on one of the world's most active fault lines along the "Ring of Fire" where the Indo-Australian Plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian plate, which creates regular earthquakes. Because of its depth and the computed focal mechanism, the first earthquake is thought to result from deformation within the descending Indo-Australian plate, rather than from movement on the plate boundary itself. The second earthquake has been linked to dextral (right-lateral) movement on the Great Sumatran fault which takes up the strike-slip component of the convergence between the two plates.
Tremors from the first earthquakes were felt in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and in Malaysia and Singapore. The management of some high-rise buildings in Singapore evacuated their staff.
A tsunami watch was triggered and there are reports of house damage and fires. Hotels in Padang have been destroyed, and communications to the city were disrupted.
Local news channel Metro TV reported fires in Padang where panicked residents had run onto the streets as the first quake hit. Teams of rescuers from nearby branches of the National Search and Rescue Agency have been deployed to Padang. Large buildings came down in the earthquake. It was also reported that some water pipes in Padang were broken and there was flooding in the street. There have also been reports that at least two hospitals and several schools have collapsed as a result of the earthquake.
The roof of Padang's Minangkabau International Airport collapsed as a result of the first earthquake; a state pilot described the airport as "inaccessible".
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dia cadang nak simpan 30% dari gaji pokok, adalah awak benarkan???
dari 30% gaji pokok berapa % patut bagi kat mangsa gempa bumi di indonesia???
http://jangkaan.name.my/blog/2009/10/status-gaji-a ku-bulan-9/
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-geraldino619
..its really sad that many peoples have been trapped and even died..
we all know that the environment and God made their revenge but we should still help each other and as a filipino im sad to both SAMOAN, INDONESIAN and FILIPINOS. we should not say that this is because of the so called "KARMA".. MAawa nman tayo.. Aminin man natin o hindi, isa tayo sa sumisisra sa ating kapaligiran..