Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Earthquakes Hit Indonesia

Unfortunately, an earthquake also hit Indonesia last September 30 and it has claimed so many lives and a lot reported as missing. Its magnitude reached 7.9 and struck off the coast of Sumatra Island, part of Indonesia. According to some news reports, a lot of houses and bridges were destroyed. The earthquake was followed by some aftershocks with magnitude which ranged from 5.0-7.6. It was also followed by another earthquake last October 1 hitting province of Jambi in central Sumatra with magnitude of 6.6 according to news reports. Indonesians were all greatly affected.

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