M 7.3 Earthquake - May 2000, Indonesia

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Start date: 04/05/2000

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Indonesia

Lat/Long: -1.105000/123.573000

Glide number: EQ-2000-000230-IDN

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At 12:21 local time on 4 May 2000, an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck the eastern part of Sulawesi causing severe damage in the districts of Banggai and Bangkep and generating a tsunami totally submerging some villages and damaging many others. An estimated 10,500 families were left homeless by the earthquake and tsunami combined. Numerous aftershocks followed the main shock, including a Richter Magnitude 6.1 event on 15 May.

¹ ReliefWeb. 2000. Indonesia: Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 2
http://wwww.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/30ec19947243e0c0c1256...

² ReliefWeb. 2000. Indonesia: Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 3
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/7acaa70d70deecfec12568...

³ ReliefWeb. 2000. Strong quake recorded off Indonesia's Sulawesi Island
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/71c82f2ea7d30393c12568...

⁴ ReliefWeb. 2002. Indonesia: Earthquake/Tsunami appeal No. 11/2000 final report
http://reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ACOS-64C687?OpenDocument

Event overview table

No. Deaths	41
No. Injured	228
No. Affected
Houses destroyed
Houses damaged	19,378
Other damage	- 537 government offices - 43 health centres/clinics - 475 schools - 349 religious buildings - 289.29 km road - 43 bridges - 2 markets - Electricity & Telecommunications networks
Economic cost

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