Tsunami disaster strikes Java
Waves up to 1.5 meters high crashed into Pangandaran beach near the town of Ciamis, 270 km southeast of Jakarta, killing 46 people in Ciamis and another 46 in the central Java port of Cilacap.
“There are 105 people dead from 10 regencies, 148 people are injured and 127 still missing,” said Putu Suryawan, the official at the Indonesian Red Cross disaster center, adding that 2,875 people had been displaced from their homes.
“Possibly this number could rise because many people are still missing.”
Another Red Cross official, Fitri Sidikah, said around 650 fishing boats had been damaged. “We are going to send body bags, tents and other equipment,” she said.
Indonesia’s official Antara news agency reported deaths had occurred at two other beach resorts in Java.
“The search is still going on to find those who probably have been swept away by the tsunami waves,” Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, whose mainly Muslim country is the world’s fourth most populous, told reporters.
The US-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said the quake had a magnitude of 7.2, while the US Geological Survey put it at 7.7. Indonesia’s state meteorology and geophysics agency said the quake’s strength was 6.8 on the Richter Scale.
A spokesman for the Australian department of foreign affairs and trade said diplomatic staff had made contact with a group of Australians who were in the area affected by the tsunami.
“Officials from the Australian Embassy in Jakarta are in contact with a small group of Australians in the area who are safe and well after taking refuge on a hill behind Batu Keras,” the spokesman said.
“The embassy is providing them with consular assistance. The embassy is checking with local authorities to determine the extent of the damage caused by the waves and to check whether any other Australians are involved.”
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