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Yahoo
6 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Ten people killed and six missing after quarry collapse in Indonesia, officials say
At least 10 people are dead and six others are missing after a quarry collapsed in Indonesia, officials have said. The natural stone quarry in the Cirebon district of the country's West Java province collapsed on workers on Friday, leaving more than two dozen people trapped in the rubble, according to local police chief Sumarni, who, like many Indonesians, uses a single name. The bodies of 10 people have been retrieved, according to Abdul Muhari, spokesperson for Indonesia's national disaster management agency. Rescuers have also pulled more than a dozen injured people from the debris, six of whom were taken to hospital with serious injuries. Search efforts were hampered by unstable soil that risked further slides and were suspended on Friday evening due to visibility. The search is set to resume early Saturday, with several excavators and trucks deployed to clear rubble and find the six people who are still missing. "Authorities are still investigating the cause of the collapse, and we have been questioning the owner and workers of the quarry," Sumarni said. West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi said he visited the mine before he was elected in late 2024 and identified that it was at risk of collapsing, but he "didn't have any capacity to stop it" at the time. He said he has now closed the collapsed stone quarry and four other similar mines in West Java that are considered to be endangering the environment and lives. Read more from Sky News:More than 40% of Europe slides into droughtHow melting ice is boosting Russia's military Illegal or informal mining operations are common in Indonesia, and those working in them face a high risk of injury or death due to landslides, flooding, collapses of tunnels or the use of highly toxic chemicals. Last year, at least 15 people were killed when a landslide triggered by torrential rain hit an unauthorised gold mining operation on Indonesia's Sumatra island.
Sky News
6 days ago
- General
- Sky News
Ten people killed and six missing after quarry collapse in Indonesia, officials say
At least 10 people are dead and six others are missing after a quarry collapsed in Indonesia, officials have said. The natural stone quarry in the Cirebon district of the country's West Java province collapsed on workers on Friday, leaving more than two dozen people trapped in the rubble, according to local police chief Sumarni, who, like many Indonesians, uses a single name. The bodies of 10 people have been retrieved, according to Abdul Muhari, spokesperson for Indonesia's national disaster management agency. Rescuers have also pulled more than a dozen injured people from the debris, six of whom were taken to hospital with serious injuries. Search efforts were hampered by unstable soil that risked further slides and were suspended on Friday evening due to visibility. The search is set to resume early Saturday, with several excavators and trucks deployed to clear rubble and find the six people who are still missing. "Authorities are still investigating the cause of the collapse, and we have been questioning the owner and workers of the quarry," Sumarni said. West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi said he visited the mine before he was elected in late 2024 and identified that it was at risk of collapsing, but he "didn't have any capacity to stop it" at the time. He said he has now closed the collapsed stone quarry and four other similar mines in West Java that are considered to be endangering the environment and lives. Illegal or informal mining operations are common in Indonesia, and those working in them face a high risk of injury or death due to landslides, flooding, collapses of tunnels or the use of highly toxic chemicals. Last year, at least 15 people were killed when a landslide triggered by torrential rain hit an unauthorised gold mining operation on Indonesia's Sumatra island.
Powys County Times
6 days ago
- Powys County Times
10 dead and six others missing after quarry collapses in Indonesia
At least 10 people have been killed and six others are missing after a natural stone quarry in the Indonesian province of West Java collapsed on workers at the site, officials said. More than two dozen people were trapped in the rubble when the mine collapsed in the district of Cirebon, local police said, and rescuers were able to pull a dozen injured people from the debris during a gruelling search effort. 'Authorities are still investigating the cause of the collapse and we have been questioning the owner and workers of the quarry,' said police. Police, emergency personnel, soldiers and volunteers were trying to locate any remaining workers, supported by five excavators, but were hampered by unstable soil that risked further slides. The search was suspended on Friday as darkness fell and will be resumed early Saturday for those reported to be still buried under the rubble, said National Disaster Management Agency spokesman Abdul Muhari.
Sinar Daily
27-05-2025
- Climate
- Sinar Daily
Indonesia quake off Sumatra damages more than 100 houses
The country's meteorological agency gave a higher magnitude of 6.0 with the epicentre at a depth of 84 kilometres, adding that there was no potential for a tsunami. 23 May 2025 02:36pm Residents search for valuables from the rubble of their damaged homes by the 6.3-magnitude earthquake at Betungan urban village, Bengkulu Province on May 23, 2025, which also damaged dozens of other houses and buildings with no casualties reported so far. Photo by AFP The tremor hit at 02:52 am local time (1952 GMT Thursday) at a depth of 68 kilometres (42.2 miles), with the epicentre offshore near Bengkulu province. Photo by AFP JAKARTA - A 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit near the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, damaging more than 100 houses with no reports of casualties. The tremor hit at 02:52 am local time (1952 GMT Thursday) at a depth of 68 kilometres (42.2 miles), with the epicentre offshore near Bengkulu province, according to the USGS. The country's meteorological agency gave a higher magnitude of 6.0 with the epicentre at a depth of 84 kilometres, adding that there was no potential for a tsunami. The tremor damaged more than 100 houses and at least six public facilities in the provincial capital of Bengkulu city, Abdul Muhari, a spokesman for the national disaster mitigation agency, or BNPB, said in a press conference Friday. "In Bengkulu city, 140 houses were affected (by the quake), eight of which collapsed, meaning (they) cannot be repaired," Abdul said. In the Central Bengkulu district, two houses were lightly damaged due to the quake, he added. Abdul said no casualties from the quake were reported as of Friday morning. Some locals in Bengkulu were woken up by the jolt and immediately rushed outside. "During the quake... (my) house's window shook strongly. That was what woke us up," Erick Catur Nugroho, 36, told AFP. "We spontaneously carried the children outside the house. When outside, all the neighbours that I saw were not in their houses, they were in front of the doors." The vast archipelago nation experiences frequent earthquakes due to its position on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", an arc of intense seismic activity where tectonic plates collide that stretches from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin. A magnitude-6.2 quake that shook Sulawesi in January 2021 killed more than 100 people and left thousands homeless. In 2018, a magnitude-7.5 quake and subsequent tsunami in Palu on Sulawesi killed more than 2,200 people. And in 2004, a magnitude-9.1 quake struck Aceh province, causing a tsunami and killing more than 170,000 people in Indonesia. - AFP More Like This
Gulf Today
24-05-2025
- General
- Gulf Today
5.7 quake damages over 100 houses in Indonesia
A 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit near the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, damaging more than 100 houses with no reports of casualties. The tremor hit at 02:52 am local time (1952 GMT Thursday) at a depth of 68 kilometres, with the epicentre offshore near Bengkulu province, according to the USGS. The country's meteorological agency gave a higher magnitude of 6.0 with the epicentre at a depth of 84 kilometres, adding that there was no potential for a tsunami. The tremor damaged more than 100 houses and at least six public facilities in the provincial capital of Bengkulu city, Abdul Muhari, a spokesman for the national disaster mitigation agency, or BNPB, said in a press conference on Friday. 'In Bengkulu city, 140 houses were affected (by the quake), eight of which collapsed, meaning (they) cannot be repaired,' Abdul said. In the Central Bengkulu district, two houses were lightly damaged due to the quake, he added. Abdul said no casualties from the quake were reported as of Friday morning. Some locals in Bengkulu were woken up by the jolt and immediately rushed outside. 'During the quake... (my) house's window shook strongly. That was what woke us up,' Erick Catur Nugroho, 36, told AFP. 'We spontaneously (carried) the children outside the house. When outside, all the neighbours that I saw were not in their house, (they were) in front of the doors.' The vast archipelago nation experiences frequent earthquakes due to its position on the Pacific 'Ring of Fire,' an arc of intense seismic activity where tectonic plates collide that stretches from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin. A magnitude-6.2 quake that shook Sulawesi in January 2021 killed more than 100 people and left thousands homeless. In 2018, a magnitude-7.5 quake and subsequent tsunami in Palu on Sulawesi killed more than 2,200 people. And in 2004, a magnitude-9.1 quake struck Aceh province causing a tsunami. The undersea megathrust earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, was caused by a rupture along the fault between the Burma plate and the Indian plate, and reached a Mercalli intensity of IX in some areas. Agencies
