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July
South Halmahera Announces Emergency Response Period on July 15-21
Written by Ani HasanahThe South Halmahera district administration has declared a seven-day emergency response period on July 15-21 after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit the region on Sunday.
National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesperson Agus Wibowo informed the press here on Monday that the quake had claimed the lives of two people respectively from Gane Luar Village and Papaceda Village.
Over two thousand people sought refuge in 14 shelters, and 58 houses and two bridges were damaged, he revealed.
"We are still collecting data on the number of victims and the extent of damage," he remarked.
The earthquake, measuring 7.2 on the Richter Scale, rocked North Maluku, on Sunday at 6:28 p.m. local time, forcing local residents to flee their homes in panic. The tremor did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami.
The quake's epicenter was located at 0.59-degree southern latitude and 128.06-degree eastern longitude, some 62 km northeast of Labuha, North Maluku, and at a depth of 10 km below sea level, according to information on the website of the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) on Sunday.
Residents of the Labuha coastal area, the capital of South Halmahera District, immediately headed to higher ground once the tremor occurred, as they feared a tsunami.
Until 7 a.m. local time on Monday, the authority had recorded 65 aftershocks that the BMKG claimed were sparked by horizontal rock deformation. (ANTARA)
July
North Maluku Earthquake Claims Two Lives, Displaces 1,104 People
Written by Ani HasanahA magnitude-7.2 earthquake that hit South Halmahera District, North Maluku Province, on Sunday evening, claimed two lives and displaced 1,104 people.
"The two fatalities are respectively, Aisyah, 51, from Gane Luar, and Halimah from Papaceda Village, Gane Barat Sub-district," Ali Yau, secretary of the North Maluku Disaster Mitigation Office (BPBD), stated in Ternate, North Maluku, on Monday.
The displaced people are being accommodated at nine locations in Gane Barat, Gane Timur, and Bacan Timur.
Yau noted that his office had deployed personnel to evaluate the condition in several villages in Gane Barat after the powerful earthquake struck.
The Ternate military command 152/Babullah had also deployed a platoon of personnel to secure South Halmahera.
In Lemo-Lemo Village, 300 people were displaced, as their homes collapsed following the tremor.
In Ranga-Ranga, 800 villagers are seeking refuge in a hilly area over fears of an ensuing tsunami.
In the Nyonyifi coastal village, several houses and small piers incurred serious damage, though no casualties were reported.
The earthquake, measuring 7.2 on the Richter Scale, rocked North Maluku, on Sunday at 6:28 p.m. local time, forcing local residents to flee their homes in panic. The tremor did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami.
The quake's epicenter was located at 0.59-degree southern latitude and 128.06-degree eastern longitude, some 62 km northeast of Labuha, North Maluku, and at a depth of 10 km below sea level, according to information on the website of the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) on Sunday.
Residents of the Labuha coastal area, the capital of South Halmahera District, immediately headed to higher ground once the tremor occurred, as they feared a tsunami.
Kustoro, head of the Ternate meteorology, climatology, and geophysics office, noted that the earthquake did not have the potential to trigger a consequent tsunami.
Labuha's residents felt the tremor of modified mercalli intensity (MMI) IV-V. The residents of Ternate, Tidore Islands, Central Halmahera, Ambon in Maluku Province, and also Bitung, North Sulawesi, felt the earthquake. (ANTARA)
July
Foreign Students Participate in Beautiful Malino Flower Parade
Written by Ani HasanahTens of university students from 12 countries took part in a three-day Beautiful Malino flower parade in Malino, Gowa District, South Sulawesi Province.
"We know that Gowa has an annual tourism event, namely Beautiful Malino, hence we as participants of a student exchange program under the Indonesia cultural and art scholarship (BSBI), want to enjoy it," Kazaki, leader of the BSBI program in South Sulawesi, said here on Sunday.
The students are from Azerbaijan, Solomon Island, Africa, Japan, Malaysia and Spain, among others.
Local flowers are beautiful and Malino inhabitants are friendly, he said, adding that Gowa is pretty and rich of culture and history.
The BSBI program is organized by the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry to introduce Indonesian arts and culture to foreign students.
Haruna Ono, a Japanese student, said this is his first visit to Indonesia and he is impressed with the scenery of Malino.
"Malino is amazing. Its nature is very beautiful and its food such as 'tenteng' is delicious," Ono said.
District Head of Gowa Adnan Purichta Ichsan said Beautiful Malino flower parade is organized annually to attract domestic and foreign tourists to visit the region.
"The presence of these foreign students here is expected to help promote Malino in their respective countries," he remarked.
Malino is located on a plateau and it offers mountain panorama such as pine forest scenery and beautiful limestone range.
There are many waterfalls in Malino, such as One thousand stairs waterfall and Takapala Waterfall. In addition to, tourists could also enjoy a tea garden, blue valleys and Japanese bunkers heritage in Malino. (ANTARA)
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