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Mon, 11/17/2008 - 18:47
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VP CALLS GORONTALO GOVERNOR ABOUT MONDAY MORNING'S EARTHQUAKES
Bandung, Nov 17 (ANTARA) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla on Monday called Gorontalo Governor Fadel Muhammad by phone for the latest information about a powerful earthquake which had hit the province earlier in the day but the governor was not available.
Kalla made the call to Muhammad at Bandung's Husein Sastranegara airport when he was about to return to Jakarta after an inspection of textile industries in Dayeuhkolot but the governor was out at his office.
An aide of Muhammad who received Kalla's call said the governor was away on a visit to Malang, East Java.
Kalla then called Gorontalo Vice Governor Gusnar Ismali and asked the latter to take all the necessary measures to help the victims of Monday morning's earthquake which had not only hit Gorontalo but also North Sulawesi, and part of Central Sulawesi.
Early on Monday morning, three powerful earthquakes measuring 7.7, 6.0, and 5.7 on the Richter scale struck the three provinces in quick succession , causing local residents to scramble out of their homes in panic.
The Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) in Gorontalo reported that the first quake measuring 7.7 on the Richter happened at 1:02 a.m. local time with its epicenter located at a depth of 10 kilometers below sea level at 1.41 degrees northern latitude and 122.18 degrees eastern longitude, or 138 kilometer northwest of Gorontalo.
Some 43 minutes later, the second aftershock measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale shook the same area at 1:45 a.m., followed by a third but milder one at at 2:20 a.m. local time.
The third aftershock was at a depth of 30 kilometers below sea level, or 109 kilometers northeast of Toli Toli in Central Sulawesi.
Two persons, one in Gorontalo, and the other in Central Sulawesi , were reportedly killed in the earthquakes while a school building and a number of houses in Gorontalo were destroyed.
In the villages of Deme I, Deme II, Dulukapa, Wubudu, Bulontio Timur, Bulontiou Barat, Kasia, Kikia, Buloila, and Buladu, thousands of people rushed out of their houses and fled to higher ground for fear of tsunami.
The sea level off Gorontalo's west coast rose for several minutes after the first quake and prompted the local meteorology agency to issue a tsunami warning which was later lifted.
Kalla made the call to Muhammad at Bandung's Husein Sastranegara airport when he was about to return to Jakarta after an inspection of textile industries in Dayeuhkolot but the governor was out at his office.
An aide of Muhammad who received Kalla's call said the governor was away on a visit to Malang, East Java.
Kalla then called Gorontalo Vice Governor Gusnar Ismali and asked the latter to take all the necessary measures to help the victims of Monday morning's earthquake which had not only hit Gorontalo but also North Sulawesi, and part of Central Sulawesi.
Early on Monday morning, three powerful earthquakes measuring 7.7, 6.0, and 5.7 on the Richter scale struck the three provinces in quick succession , causing local residents to scramble out of their homes in panic.
The Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) in Gorontalo reported that the first quake measuring 7.7 on the Richter happened at 1:02 a.m. local time with its epicenter located at a depth of 10 kilometers below sea level at 1.41 degrees northern latitude and 122.18 degrees eastern longitude, or 138 kilometer northwest of Gorontalo.
Some 43 minutes later, the second aftershock measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale shook the same area at 1:45 a.m., followed by a third but milder one at at 2:20 a.m. local time.
The third aftershock was at a depth of 30 kilometers below sea level, or 109 kilometers northeast of Toli Toli in Central Sulawesi.
Two persons, one in Gorontalo, and the other in Central Sulawesi , were reportedly killed in the earthquakes while a school building and a number of houses in Gorontalo were destroyed.
In the villages of Deme I, Deme II, Dulukapa, Wubudu, Bulontio Timur, Bulontiou Barat, Kasia, Kikia, Buloila, and Buladu, thousands of people rushed out of their houses and fled to higher ground for fear of tsunami.
The sea level off Gorontalo's west coast rose for several minutes after the first quake and prompted the local meteorology agency to issue a tsunami warning which was later lifted.
