INDONESIAN EARTHQUAKE

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INDONESIAN EARTHQUAKE

• MARCH 6, 2007

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INDONESIAN EARTHQUAKE
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INDONESIA

• INDONESIA IS THE WORLDS LARGEST ARCHIPELAGO.
• IT IS PRONE TO SEISMIC ACTIVITY BECAUSE OF ITS
  LOCATION ON THE PACIFIC RING OF FIRE.
• SINCE DECEMBER 26, 2004, WHEN STRUCK BY A M9.3
  QUAKE AND A DEVASTATING TSUNAMI, INDONESIA HAS
  BEEN STRUCK BY 2 STRONG EARTHQUAKES, A VOLCANIC
  ERUPTION, ANOTHER TSUNAMI, FLOODS, AND
  LANDSLIDES.
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INDONESIAN EARTHQUAKE

• M6.3
• THE MAGNITUDE 6.3 QUAKE THAT STRUCK SUMATRA
  ISLAND LEFT AT LEAST 52 DEAD AND HUNDREDS INJURED
• THE QUAKE WAS FELT STRONGLY IN SINGAPORE AND
  MALAYSIA

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THE DAMAGE VARIED WIDELY IN SUMATRA
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COLLAPSES WERE COMMON IN INDONESIA
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SINGAPORE FINANCIAL DISTRICT WAS ALSO SHAKEN
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EVACUATIONS IN SINGAPORE