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    Red Cross: Indonesia quake death toll reaches 75

    Posted by mrniceguy On October - 5 - 2009
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    A resident stands next to building that collapsed onto a car in Padang, Indonesia, on Wednesday.
    A resident stands next to building that collapsed onto a car in Padang, Indonesia, on Wednesday.
    A major earthquake which had a magnitude of 7.6, according to the U.S Geological Survey had struck the Indonesia and killed at least 21 people. Reporter show that there were at least 75 people critically wounded. It struck at around 5pm local time about 53km from Padang, the capital city of West Sumatra.

    This high magnitude earthquake caused the main power and phone outages, worsen the official and aid organization to evaluate the damage. Thousands citizens may be trapped in the collapsed building; the death toll were expect to be increased. Many families had been forced to spend their night outdoors, in pitch black with the risk of possibility of aftershocks.

    The shaking was felt in the nearby cities such as Medan and Gengkulu, where people frightened and ran outside in search of higher ground, worrying a tsunami. Citizen of the neighboring country, Malaysia and Singapore claimed they were also feeling the aftershocks.

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