UNDRO 90/0293

INDONESIA - VOLCANIC ERUPTION OF MT. KELUD
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
15 FEBRUARY 1990

1. ERUPTION OF MT. KELUD (ALT. 1731 METRES) IN EAST JAVA ON 10 FEBRUARY 1990 AT 11.41 A.M (LOCAL TIME) CAUSED 20 PEOPLE REPORTED DEAD, FIVE MISSING, 81 INJURED FROM LANDSLIDES AND FALLING ASH/ROCKS. REGENCIES OF BLITAR AND KEDIRI MOST AFFECTED. 181 HOUSES AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS DESTROYED OR SERIOUSLY DAMAGED. IN VIEW EARLIER WARNINGS FOR MAJOR ERUPTION, 42,770 PEOPLE EVACUATED TO SAFER AREAS.

UNDRO 90/0261

EARTHQUAKE - PHILIPPINES
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
9 FEBRUARY 1990

1. STRONG EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED THURSDAY 15:16, 8 FEBRUARY (7:16 AM, 8 FEBRUARY GMT) IN SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES APPROX. 60 KM SOUTH OF CEBU CITY OR 600 KM SOUTHEAST OF MANILA. MAGNITUDE MEASURED 6.6 ON RICHTER SCALE.

2. PRELIMINARY EPICENTRE LOCATED 9.68 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE AND 124.05 DEGREES EAST LONGITUDE. STRONG AFTERSHOCK OCCURRED 31 MINUTES LATER WHICH REGISTERED 6.1 ON RICHTER SCALE.

UNDRO 90/0206

INDONESIA - FLOODS/LANDSLIDES
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
2 FEBRUARY 1990

1. FOLLOWING TORRENTIAL RAINS WHICH CAUSED SERIOUS FLOODS IN CENTRAL JAVA SINCE END OF LAST WEEK, LANDSLIDES HIT SEVERAL AREAS (GURA BESSI VILLAGE, NORTH JAYAPURA DISTRICT AND IRIAN JAYA). DUE TO PEAK OF RAINY SEASON, MORE RAINS EXPECTED.

2. UNDP/UNDRO RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTED FOLLOWING CASUALTIES AND DAMAGES: DEATH TOLL 169. POPULATION AFFECTED 21,000. HOUSES DESTROYED/DAMAGED 7,600. AGRICULTURAL LAND INUNDATED BY WATER 12,000 HECTARES.