On 9/30/2009 10:16:11 AM UTC an earthquake of magnitude 7.9 and depth 87km has struck an highly populated area in the Sumatera Barat Province (population: 4.3 million) in Indonesia. GDACS estimates the likelihood for need of international humanitarian intervention to be high (Red alert). It is likely that a tsunami was generated. The maximum tsunami wave height near the coast of Indonesia, Padang will be 3.9m
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Source: http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=EQ&ID=66497&system=asgard&location=IDN&alertlevel=Red...
read moreA major earthquake struck Java on 3 September 2009. At least 57 people were killed, hundreds of people were injur d and thousands of houses were destroyed or damaged.
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A 5.5 magnitude earthquake in Yunnan province (southwestern China) injured more than 300 people and led to the collapse of thousands of homes.
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read moreAccording to Panamenian Civil Protection (SINAPROC), an earthquake measuring a magnitudo of 6.0 hit the country later at night damaging 8 houses and affecting 32 people.
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read moreThere have been a series of earthquakes in the area over the past weeks, since May. Approximately 20000 people have been evacuated.
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A 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit the Island of Tongoa on 29 May, damaging infrastructure and causing landslides.
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Government of Belize reported 5 houses destroyed and other damages in infrastructures
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On 28 May 2009, at 2:24 a.m. an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale, struck the Northern part of Honduras at a depth of 10km. The epicenter was located between the island of Roatan and Guanaja, but it was felt throughout the country.
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read moreA swarm of earthquake struck the western region during the first week of May. 42 houses damaged and more than 200 people affected.
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Two earthquakes killed at least 22 people and destroyed several hundred homes when they struck two hours apart in eastern Afghanistan (17/04/2009).
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