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PADANG - Daniel Himawan, 11, stood silently on the front porch as his mother swept the floor of their house, which was damaged in the earthquake that devastated Indonesia's West Sumatra province. "I'm scared that another big earthquake will hit again," said Himawan, a sixth-grader.
His mother, Elisa, said since the 7.6 magnitude earthquake tore down the side wall of their house in the provincial capital, Padang, he was jittery. "Whenever there's an aftershock, he always tries to run out," she said. The 30 September quake left 625 people dead and 295 missing, presumed dead. With many bodies still trapped under the rubble of buildings, officials said the death toll could be higher.
With relief efforts focusing on survivors after search operations were called off on 5 October, the government and humanitarian groups have deployed workers to help people recover. In Padang Pariaman district, one of the worst-hit, symptoms of trauma and stress were evident among quake survivors, many of whose homes were destroyed, said Ridwan Gustiana, a doctor working for the local Ibu Foundation Aid group.
"They panic easily. Some of them complained of feeling weak and unable to sleep, but when we checked, there was nothing wrong with their physical condition," Gustiana told IRIN. "The slow arrival of aid is making things worse for survivors," he added.
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indahnesia.com lists all earthquakes that occur in Indonesia. For your convenience we display them in a list and a Google Map. It is as accurate and recent as you can imagine as we check for updates every few minutes. If an earthquake occurs in Indonesia, this is the place to check it out in the first place.
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