第1个回答 2010-10-27
JAKARTA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's tsunami caused by earthquake in West Sumatra of Indonesia has killed at least 113 people with 502 people missing, officials said on Tuesday.
The tsunami hit two islands of Pagaiselatan Mentawai and Pagaiutara Mentawai in West Sumatra after the 7.2 magnitude quake which was reported by the USGS at 7.7 magnitude.
"The death toll has reached 113 now," head of crisis center of Health Ministry Mujiharto told Xinhua by phone.
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Head of local House of Representatives at the island Hendri Dori Satoko was quoted by Metro TV as saying that 502 people have gone missing so far.
Medical team has been dispatched to the scene and they took with them 200 body bags, said Mujiharjo.
The Meteorology and Geophysics Agency admitted that small tsunamis occurred five minutes after the mainshock at 7.2 magnitude at 21:42 p.m. Jakarta time Monday (1442 GMT), although it lifted the warning about half a hour after the mainshock.
"The tsunami occurred with the height at 0.461 meters," an official of the agency named only Sutiyono told Xinhua by phone.
But, a report said that the height of the water reached 3 meters high in Silabu village at Pagaiutara Mentawai island, head of crisis center of Health Ministry named only Mujiharto told Xinhua by phone.
Edward said that the tsunami also destroyed one bridge and five houses.
But, head of crisis center said that 80 percent of the houses at Betumonga village at Pagaiutara Mentawai island have been levelled. One tourist boat loaded with eight Australian citizens and 5 crew members has lost contact, he said.
Another tourist boat was burned but no one was hurt, said Edward.
The intensity of the quake was felt at 4 to 5 MMI (Modified Mercally Intensity) at Pagaiselatan Mentawai, 3 to 4 MMI in Padang city, the capital of West Sumatra province and Pariaman town of the province, and 3 MMI at nearby Bengkulu province, the official of the agency told Xinhua. West Sumatra was hit by a powerful quake of 7.9 magnitude in September 2009, which killed more than 1,000 people and caused massive damage on infrastructure.
7.5级强震引发海啸，几乎吞没一个村庄
从当地时间25日晚开始，印尼接连遭遇自然灾害袭击，先是7.5级强震袭击了该国西苏门答腊岛明打威群岛，接着地震又引发3米高的海啸，几乎将一座村庄吞没，导致至少113人死亡，五百多人失踪。而第二天下午（26日），中爪哇省的默拉皮火山又开始喷发，导致1人死亡，20人受伤。
印尼西苏门答腊岛明打威群岛附近海域25日晚发生里氏7.5级地震并引发海啸，已经造成至少113人死亡、502人失踪。
至少502人失踪
印尼气象和地球物理机构说，地震发生在当地时间25日晚21时42分，震中位于西苏门答腊岛明打威群岛南巴盖岛西南大约78公里，震源深度10公里。印尼国家灾难管理中心官员内利斯·祖利斯里表示，震级为7.5级，也有媒体报道称震级为7.7级。
太平洋海啸预警中心表示，地震引发的海啸高达3米，海啸延伸到距海岸线400米远的内陆地区。
当地议员亨得利·萨托克表示，截至当地时间26日下午1时，地震及其引发的海啸已致108人死亡，超过502人失踪，其中包括8到10名澳大利亚人。印尼卫生部官员则把死亡人数提高到113人。