Devastating earthquake damages host of buildings in Indonesia

It has been found at several times, whatever may be the claims of owners, even the strongest buildings fail to defy the atrocious effects of an earthquake and get damaged instantly. The same incident was witnessed once again when powerful earthquakes in Papua in easternmost of Indonesia erupted recently. However, this proved to be enough to make 14,000 people homeless and take refuge in tents, destroy hundreds of buildings, damage large number of properties worth millions. What was the total number of casualties? Well, it was only one but the quakes injured hundreds of other people. Now among the injured people eight were found to be serious while 261 others received minor injury.

Let’s talk of the effects of earthquake in details and it will help you to comprehend the subject in a better manner. The magnitude of the earthquake was 7.7 and it proved to be much stronger for government office buildings, 2 roads, 14 hotels, over 1,600 houses. A large number of religious buildings too amounting to 40 including churches and mosques, 8 bridges, and 4 school buildings were also damaged. But even after the end of earthquakes great signs of horror can be found among the survivors and witnesses. One of the main reasons is that there is no electricity in the city and that has made the citizens more nervous. The epicenter of the tremor epicenter was about 85 miles (135 kilometers) from Manokwari, main city of Papua, occurred at a depth of 22 miles (35 kilometers).

Whatever may be the fear, earthquakes and the destruction of buildings is quite natural in Indonesia. The country with its vibrant population exists at a vulnerable zone called “the Pacific Ring of Fire” where two continental plates, stretching from the Western Hemisphere through Japan and Southeast Asia, meet and this gives rise to frequent volcanic movements. Can you ever forget the horrors of Tsunami that occurred only four years back? It claimed more than 230,000 people of Indonesia.