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Indonesia: Aceh Earthquake - Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) DREF Operation n° MDRID011

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A. Situation analysis

Description of the disaster

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck off Pidie Jaya Regency, province of Aceh in Sumatra Island, Indonesia, around 05:00h local time, on Wednesday 7 December 2016, killing at least 100 people and damaging more than 200 houses. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the quake was centred 17 kilometres northeast of Pidie Jaya – around 121 km southeast of Banda Aceh – and had a depth of 10 km. Indonesia’s agency for meteorology climatology and geophysics (BMKG) indicated that there was no risk of a tsunami.

The national disaster management agency’s (BNPB) and the regional disaster management agency (BPBD) are coordinating the response and collating information on the earthquake’s impact. Their reports indicate that earthquake’s impact on infrastructure resulted to damages to some 11,378 houses, 109 offices, 88 shophouses, 58 mosques, 33 schools and one fish markets. There has also been damage to main roads, which resulted in constraints to accessing some of the affected areas, as well as to electric facilities and towers causing power outages.

According to BNPB, at least 100 human lives have been lost, with 666 people injured and 65,064 displaced. The number of causalities is not expected to increase significantly as most people who were trapped in rubble have been rescued and bodies retrieved.

Search, rescue and retrieval efforts are underway, with villagers and multi-agency teams, including personnel from Palang Merah Indonesia (PMI), National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), BNPB, BPBD, Indonesian National Police (POLRI), Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) and local government agencies involved.

Assessments as well as delivery of immediate assistance which includes first aid and basic medical services are also being undertaken alongside search, rescue and retrieval efforts. The Government of Aceh Province has issued a provincial level state of calamity to be applied for 14 days until 20 December 2016. The BNP has indicated that there is no request for international assistance at this stage.

Summary of the current response

PMI has been on the ground from the onset, with its base units mobilizing volunteers – many of whom are members of the affected communities – to support search, rescue and retrieval efforts, delivery of immediate assistance and undertake rapid assessments. The national headquarters of PMI has deployed a team of four – a member of the Governing Board, the head of disaster management department, a staff of the disaster management department and a communications officer – to support the response in Pidie Jaya. Additional volunteers and staff members have also been deployed to the affected areas from neighbouring provinces and districts.

To enable its base unit in Pidie Jaya to deliver immediate assistance to the affected people, PMI dispatched body bags and relief supplies (blankets, family kits, hygiene kits and tarpaulins) for 1,000 families from its from its warehouses in Aceh, Banten and Padang. The National Society also mobilized two ambulances (with medical crew), as well as one double cabin vehicle and two operational vehicles (for evacuation) from its base units in Bireun and Lhoksumawe. To address immediate water needs, PMI has mobilized two 5,000-litre water tanks to the affected area. The National Society has also launched a domestic fundraising campaign – Bantuan Kemanusiaan Untuk Korban Gempa Pidie Jaya - Aceh – for the earthquake response.