Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Tsunami Struck Again!

This time it was in the the western and central part of south Java island, yesterday at about 5 pm. The first 6.8 R earthquake hit the area at 3.19 pm, followed by a 5.5 R earthquake at 4.13 pm and a 6.1 R earthquake at 5.09 pm. The epicentrum was in the Indian Ocean, at 9°24' S 107°12' E and 30 km beneath (the earth or sea level?). Tsunami hit Pangandaran Beach, the biggest tourism area in the southern part of West Java Province, and along the southern coast of Central Java and D.I. Yogyakarta Provinces, such as Cilacap and Nusa Kambangan Island (Nusa means island, famous with its prison), Kebumen, and the beach tourism area in Yogyakarta (Parangtritis, Samas, etc). And how about Cijulang? Cijulang is less than 30 km west of Pangandaran and faces the same bay. There's no report about Cijulang, but I think Cijulang suffers from tsunami, too. I've been to Cijulang and Pangandaran last year.

Earthquake was felt in Jakarta and Bandung, too, and was also reported in Bengkulu, Sumatra and Kupang, Timor. Maybe it's God's way to keep us Indonesian hand-in-hand, building strength inside us.

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