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More Quakes Slam Indonesia, Still Counting Its Dead

Witness describes crumbled, burning wreckage in Padang

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 30, 2009 9:25 PM CDT

(Newser) – Indonesia, still counting the dead and searching for the missing from yesterday’s 7.6 earthquake, was rattled by two more earthquakes this morning local time. The US Geological Survey recorded a 6.8 quake 140 miles from Padang, the western Sumatran city nearest yesterday’s epicenter; just 20 minutes earlier, a 5.2 roller struck on the far eastern side of the archipelago.

Earlier, officials told Reuters the death toll was approaching 200, but many more remain trapped under rubble, particularly in Padang, a city of 900,000. “The big buildings are down. The concrete buildings are all down, the hospitals, the main markets, down and burned,” one witness tells an Australian radio station.

This image made from video shows burning wreckage on the street in Padang, Indonesia, after today's earthquake.
This image made from video shows burning wreckage on the street in Padang, Indonesia, after today's earthquake.   (TV One)
Earthquake survivors receive medical treatment at a hospital in Padang Panjang, West Sumatra, today.
Earthquake survivors receive medical treatment at a hospital in Padang Panjang, West Sumatra, today.   (AP Photo)
This image made from video shows a burning structure in Padang, Indonesia, after today's earthquake off Sumatra island.
This image made from video shows a burning structure in Padang, Indonesia, after today's earthquake off Sumatra island.   (TV One)
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riffran
Oct 1, 2009 9:17 AM CDT
very sad indeed...must have been one hell of a tumbler

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