A powerful earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra yesterday, killing at least 70 people, flattening buildings and sparking panic in the streets of Malaysia and Singapore. Communication was cut off with much of the area close to the epicentre of the 6.3-magnitude quake so there was no immediate way of knowing the extent of the damage there. Television showed staff at the main hospital in Padang city scrambling in chaos to cope with the wounded. The quake struck at 10:49am (0349 GMT), the US Geological Survey said, 49 kilometres northeast of Padang, the capital of West Sumatra. Many people were trapped in collapsed buildings and there was no official information about the situation at the quake’s epicentre because phone lines were down.Wednesday, March 7, 2007
PADANG EARTHQUAKE
A powerful earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra yesterday, killing at least 70 people, flattening buildings and sparking panic in the streets of Malaysia and Singapore. Communication was cut off with much of the area close to the epicentre of the 6.3-magnitude quake so there was no immediate way of knowing the extent of the damage there. Television showed staff at the main hospital in Padang city scrambling in chaos to cope with the wounded. The quake struck at 10:49am (0349 GMT), the US Geological Survey said, 49 kilometres northeast of Padang, the capital of West Sumatra. Many people were trapped in collapsed buildings and there was no official information about the situation at the quake’s epicentre because phone lines were down.
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