8 killed in Indonesia quake, president orders rescue effort
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Sunday ordered swift rescue and relief efforts after eight people died in an earthquake that hit off southern Java island.
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Posted: Apr 11, 2021 6:50 AM ET | Last Updated: April 11
Indonesian soldiers help clear up rubble at a house damaged by an earthquake in Malang, East Java on Sunday. (Hendra Permana/The Associated Press)
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Sunday ordered swift rescue and relief efforts after eight people died in an earthquake that hit off southern Java island.
Three others were badly injured in Saturday s magnitude-5.9 quake and more than 1,180 buildings were damaged, most of them slightly, the disaster agency BNPB said. Some houses were flattened, images in Indonesian media showed.
Indonesian volcano spews ash
1 Mount Semeru volcano spews hot lava as it erupts, as seen from Oro-oro Ombo village in Lumajang, East Java province, Indonesia, on Sunday. (Zabur Karuru/Antara Foto via REUTERS)
Mount Semeru volcano on Indonesia’s main Java island spewed hot ash as high as 4km on Saturday, prompting authorities to warn people to keep a distance.
People shouldn’t carry out any activities within a radius of 1km from the crater, the country’s national disaster mitigation management in a statement on Saturday. The volcano alert level was at “watch,” two notches below the highest “warning” rating.