In the early morning of the 15th (local time), a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Mamuju region of West Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the casualties continued. On this day, residents are working on a search of the collapsed building. [AP=연합뉴스]
On the 15th (local time) on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, a 6.2 earthquake struck in the early morning, causing the collapse of houses and hospital buildings, killing 34 people and injuring hundreds of citizens. .
In the early morning of the 15th (local time), a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the casualties continued. On this day, rescuers are working on a search of the collapsed building. [AFP=연합뉴스]
Early in the morning, when residents slept, houses and office buildings collapsed, causing deaths and injuries one after another.
Foreign media reported that the number of victims is expected to rise as more missing persons are received.
On the 15th (local time) 6.2 Sulawesi, Indonesia, where the earthquake occurred. Graphic = Reporter Kim Young-ok
After the earthquake, thousands of residents living in Mamuju and Magenee ran from their homes and were evacuated to high ground.
In the early morning of the 15th (local time), a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the casualties continued. On this day, rescuers are working on a search of the collapsed building. [EPA=연합뉴스]
In the Mamuju and Magenee regions, such a strong earthquake occurred after several earthquakes with a magnitude of 5.7 in the previous afternoon.
In the early morning of the 15th (local time), a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Mamuju region of West Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the casualties continued. On this day, rescuers are working on a search of the collapsed building. [AFP=연합뉴스]
According to the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake occurred on land 36 km south of Mamuju in West Sulawesi at 1 a.m.
In the early morning of the 15th (local time), a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the casualties continued. On this day, rescuers are working on a search of the collapsed building. [로이터=연합뉴스]
The Indonesian Disaster Prevention Agency said that Jinang is located 6 km northeast of Magenta and the depth of the epicenter is relatively shallow, 18.4 km. The earthquake lasted about 7 seconds, but no tsunami warning was issued that day.
In the early morning of the 15th (local time), a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Mamuju region of West Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the casualties continued. On this day, rescuers are working on a search of the collapsed building. [AFP=연합뉴스]
Through social media (SNS), Indonesian citizens commented, saying, “From the beginning of the new year to a passenger plane crash and even an earthquake.”
In the early morning of the 15th (local time), a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Mamuju region of West Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the casualties continued. On this day, rescuers are working on a search of the collapsed building. [AFP=연합뉴스]
A B737-500 passenger plane from Jakarta, Indonesia to Pontianak (island of Borneo), carrying 62 people, crashed into the sea after four minutes of take-off on the afternoon of the 9th (local time), and was not have found survivors. Reporter Kim Sang-sun
In the early morning of the 15th (local time), a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Mamuju region of West Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the casualties continued. The building was twisted by the earthquake that day. [AFP=연합뉴스]
Indonesian naval personnel are moving to collect and move debris from a fuselage believed to have crashed into the sea off Jakarta on the 15th (local time). [로이터= 연합뉴스]