We, on behalf of Mimika volunteers, reveal our issue and sadness over the catastrophe that befell our siblings in Mamuju.
Mamuju, W Sulawesi – Volunteers from Mimika District, Papua Province, on Monday turned over aid to victims of the 6.2-magnitude earthquake, which rattled Majene and Mamuju Districts in West Sulawesi Province last Friday.
” We, on behalf of Mimika volunteers, reveal our concern and sorrow over the catastrophe that befell our brothers in Mamuju,” Chief of the Mimika volunteer group Imam Iskandar said after handing over the relief to quake victims taking sanctuary in Simboro, Mamuju, on Monday.
Considering that its arrival in Mamuju last Saturday (January 16, 2021), the volunteer group has turned over assistance to a variety of evacuee camps in the district, which bore the force of the 6.2-magnitude quake, he informed.
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” This is the ninth place that we visited to hand over assistance. The quantity of our assistance is not big, but we hope it would relieve the problem on our bros falling victim to the catastrophe,” he mentioned.
The help consisted of foods, medicines, books for kids of quake victims, child kits, and mineral water.
A powerful earthquake had actually rocked the districts of Majene and Mamuju early on Friday last week. The epicenter of the quake was found on land, 6 kilometers northeast of Majene at a depth of 10 kilometers.
The shallow quake, which the Meteorology, Meteorology, and Geophysics Firm (BMKG) believes was brought on by a local fault, destroyed several buildings, consisting of the governor’s workplace, a military office, and the Maleo Hotel.
The earthquake damaged many homes and a public health center and even activated three landslides along the Majene-Mamuju roadway section, disrupting the transport of individuals and products, Chief of the Center for Disaster Information, Info and Interaction of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Dr. Raditya Jati said at an online press conference in Jakarta on Sunday.
The death toll from the 6.2-magnitude earthquake climbed to 73, with 27,850 people taking haven since Sunday evening, according to the BNPB.
According to BNPB records, an overall of 826 individuals sustained injuries in the quake, while 27,850 people had fled their houses as of Sunday evening, Dr. Raditya said.
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