Quake damages over 100 houses

Quake damages over 100 houses

TERNATE, Maluku: One hundred and eight houses in Galela
district, North Maluku regency, are in various states of
disrepair after an earthquake and a number of aftershocks hit the
region last Thursday, Antara reported yesterday.

Mochamad Iksan of the regency's social services office said
the affected areas included the villages of Soasio, Toweka, Limau
and Lalonga. There were no report of fatalities.

"Our office is ready to supply the residents with food and
water," Iksan said.

The quake, measuring 5.0 on the open-ended Richter scale,
jolted Halmahera Island and North Ternate on Thursday. By Sunday
eleven aftershocks, measuring between four and five on the
Richter scale, had been recorded, according to Ariyo Fauzi of the
local meteorology and geophysics office. (swe)