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Indonesia quake death toll at 46, likely to rise
Thu Sep 3, 2009 12:24am EDT
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By Heru Asprihanto and Pipit Prahoro
PANGALENGAN, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesian villagers searched frantically on Thursday for people buried under collapsed buildings, after a powerful quake killed at least 46 and damaged thousands of homes in the hills of West Java.
Wednesday's 7.0 magnitude earthquake sent terrified residents rushing out onto the streets of the capital, Jakarta, and in towns and villages closer to the epicenter in West Java.
Government agencies said the death toll was likely to rise, as some affected coastal areas remained out of contact.
Indonesia's main power, oil and gas, steel, and mining companies with operations in West and Central Java island closest to the quake's epicenter said they had suffered no damage.
In Pangalengan, about 130 km (80 miles) southeast of Jakarta, Titin buried her two-year-old son, who was killed when he was hit on the head by falling rubble.
"He was just playing outside, he was just a boy," she sobbed, supported by friends who said her other son was in a coma in hospital.
With so many houses damaged or flattened, people in the area are camping outside, still traumatized and scared of aftershocks. Reuters reporters saw many damaged houses as well as tents and makeshift shelters on streets and in fields.
In Cikangkareng village, South Cianjur district, about 60 miles south of Jakarta, the quake triggered a landslide, sending rocks cascading onto much of the village, including a mosque, a Reuters witness said.
"Many of our young were buried by the landslide. We need food, we don't have food," said villager Rohim.
"I'm here because I'm afraid of possible aftershocks," said Kakom, a 65-year-old woman at an evacuation site.
At least 46 people were killed in West Java, and more than 18,000 houses as well as offices, mosques and other buildings were damaged, said Priyadi Kardono, spokesman for the National Disaster Mitigation Agency.
Forty-two people were listed as missing in landslides. Kardono said the toll could "change significantly" given the scale of damage.
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Asian states offered help.
"We've said to the Indonesian authorities we will work with them in terms of any assistance that we can provide," Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd told national radio. Continued...
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