Rescuers are searching through the rubble of a partially-collapsed Indonesian hospital after a deadly earthquake struck the island of Sulwesi, leaving at least 30 dead. The 6.2-magnitude quake on Friday morning came just hours after an earlier, smaller tremor. Hundreds of people were injured and thousands displaced by the quake. Indonesia has a history of devastating earthquakes and tsunamis with more than 2000 killed in a 2018 Sulawesi quake. Local media have reported that six patients and their families were trapped when parts of the Mitra Manakarra hospital in the town of Mamuju collapsed. Arianto, from the rescue agency in Mamuju … Continue reading Update: Sulawesi hospital among collapsed buildings in Indonesia earthquake

At least seven people have been killed and hundreds injured after a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck and toppled buildings in Indonesia’s Sulawesi island in the early hours of Friday morning, the country’s disaster mitigation agency said. The epicentre of the quake was six kilometres (3.73 miles) northeast of the city of Majene, at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles), North of Majene. More than a dozen patients and staff are trapped beneath the rubble of a hospital that was flattened by the quake. “The hospital is flattened, it collapsed,” said Arianto from the rescue agency in Mamuju city, who … Continue reading Buildings destroyed as deadly quake hits Indonesia’s Sulawesi