This report is developed by HC/RC
Office in Indonesia based on information provided by the Meteorology
and Geophysics Agency (BMG), National Coordinating Board for the
Management of Disaster (BAKORNAS PB), Indonesian Red Cross (PMI),
Department of Social Affairs, Department of Health, World Health
Organization (WHO), and media reports.
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OCHA Field Situation Report I
Yogyakarta Province
27 May 2006
I. Situation
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An earthquake measuring 5.9 on Richter
Scale at VII-VIII MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity), hit
Yogyakarta Province, on Saturday, 27 May, at 05:53:57 a.m. local
time. The epicentre was located at 8.26S and 110.3E,
approximately 37.2 km south of Yogyakarta at a depth of 33
kilometres. The most affected districts are Bantul and
Kulonprogo to the south of Yogyakarta. The electricity is down
and the airport in Yogyakarta is closed. The telephone lines
were down for several hours immediately after the earthquake.
Media reported that tremors were also felt in several cities in
Semarang, Central Java Province, and slightly damaged some
houses in Ngawi, Madiun, Trenggalek, Kediri, Magetan, and
Pacitan in East Java Province. .
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Department of Social Affairs reported
that up to 14:30 hours 1,467 persons are dead and 1,240 injured.
OCHA Regional Disaster Response Adviser from the field reported
that 1,935 persons dead, some 800 heavily injured, and 531
people with minor injuries. The number continues to rise.
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Situation is still unstable as
aftershocks occur and people are staying outside in fear. The
extent of damage is not known.
II. National responses
- President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
went to Yogyakarta today together with the Coordinating Minister
for People’s Welfare, Ministers of Social Affairs and Health,
and BAKORNAS PB.
- Department of Health deployed
health teams today. In coordination with rapid response team
from Health Office in Surabaya they have sent 7 teams of medical
staff.
- Department of Social Affairs has
been preparing a rapid response team to join Health Office in
Yogyakarta for evacuation. They have erected emergency tents,
operated public kitchens in coordination with local government
and PMI/IFRC. On 27 May they have sent 5,000 canned food, 5,000
bottles ketchup, 5,000 bottles chilli, 5,000 liters cooking oil,
5,000 blankets, 5,000 sarongs, 10,000 clothing, 50 units tents,
200 folding beds, 5 generators, 7 units field kitchen, and 5,000
mats.
- PMI/IFRC Yogyakarta is carrying
out an assessment of the situation. PMI is sending mobile
clinics to the affected areas. Field hospitals will be
established next to the crowded hospitals. IFRC has received a
request for 1,000 family tents that they are mobilizing. All
PMI/IFRC medical teams have been mobilized from Merapi IDP sites
to respond to this emergency.
III. International response
1. OCHA Indonesia has a team of two
professional staff on the ground who are assessing the situation,
helping SATKORLAK and SATLAK in establishing coordination structures
and information centers, and advising on urgent humanitarian needs.
OCHA team met with Yogyakarta Governor and was informed that medical
teams and supplies were needed at initial stage to treat injured
persons.
2. UN Disaster Management Team will
meet this afternoon to discuss the situation.
3. WHO deployed one staff today and has
sent six emergency kits, six basic kits, six surgical kits, medical
supplies, and provided mobile clinic and five operational
transportation vehicles. They will add ten more basic kits and two
surgical kits.
4. The UN HC/RC Office in Jakarta will
continue to be in direct contact with pertinent government and non-government
institutions, as well as with the Indonesian Red Cross to monitor
the situation.
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