Serial killer Earthquakes keeps hitting Indonesian Islands


Thursday 25 September, a new earthquake hit Indonesia. It was located on the little isolated island of Maluku, a province in the east of Indonesia. 20 people died during this natural disaster. The epicenter of the 6.5-magnitude earthquake was about 30 kilometers from Ambon, the capital of Maluku Province.

Indonesian scientists said the earthquake was detected around 8h45 a.m. on local time. This hasn't been declared a tsunami but it has been described as a "strong" quake. The town which has been hit by this earthquake was Ambon, the capital of Maluku province, a city of 300,000 people. More than 100 people were injured by the quake and more than 2000 have been displaced from their home.



The nation’s disaster management agency shared a lot of photos and videos on social network like Twitter. Those documents showed how the quake hit roads and buildings.

Even the nation’s climate, geophysics and meteorology agency reported around 70 aftershocks, about quake magnitude, included one of 5.6 magnitude.

In Indonesia killer earthquakes are a very big problem for the government and the population. That’s why Indonesia has a national agency for disasters. Over the past two years there have been more than ten earthquakes or tsunamis. In 2004, a tsunami killed more than 250,000 in twelve countries and destroyed the Indonesian town Banda Aceh. In 2018 around 4500 people died during another one.



Un séisme sème la panique à Maluku

Jeudi 25 septembre, aux alentours de huit heures quarante-cinq du matin, heure locale, (1h45 en France), un séisme a frappé la province de Maluku causant la mort d’une vingtaine de personnes. L’épicentre de ce séisme d’une magnitude de 6.5a été détecté à un peu plus d’une vingtaine de kilomètre de Ambon, la capitale de cette province.
Les autorités indonésiennes ont déclaré que le séisme, qui n’avait pas été assez puissant pour être classé tsunami, avait été qualifié de « fort séisme ». C’est la capitale de plus de 300.000 habitants qui a été frappée par cette catastrophe naturelle. Vingt personnes y ont perdu la vie, une centaine ont été blessées et plus de 2000 ont été déplacées.
L’agence indonésienne des catastrophes naturelles a posté plusieurs clichés montrant à quel point ce séisme a été ravageur avec plusieurs routes rendues impraticables et des bâtiments effondrés. L’agence nationale du climat, de la géophysique et de la météorologie a montré qu’il y a eu près de 70 répliques dont une d’une magnitude de 5.6.
En Indonésie, les séismes meurtriers sont fréquents et sont un réel problème pour l’État et la population. une agence des catastrophes naturelles a été créée. Depuis deux ans il y a eu au moins une dizaine de tremblements de terre ou de tsunamis. En 2018, l’un d’entre eux a causé la mort de près de 4500 personnes.



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