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Sets of powerful earthquakes and following destructive tsunamis hit Indonesia on Friday afternoon, killing more than 1300 people there. The strongest 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook the province of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia… Click to show full abstract
Sets of powerful earthquakes and following destructive tsunamis hit Indonesia on Friday afternoon, killing more than 1300 people there. The strongest 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook the province of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia at 17:02 local time on 28 September 2018. Following a series of tremors from 14:00, this earthquake occurred at some 11 km depth and continued with tens of aftershocks. Soon afterwards, a massive 6-m-high tsunami smashed into Palu city which is about 80 km south of the epicentre of the earthquake. The tsunami, as well as the earthquake, destroyed extensive infrastructure and caused a vast humanitarian disaster. The spokesman of Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, is quoted1 as saying,
Journal Title: Science Progress
Year Published: 2019
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