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Form 2 - Situation Update No. 4: Aceh Pidie Jaya Earthquake, Sunday, 11 December 2016 12:30 hrs (UTC+7)

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1. HIGHLIGHTS

  • The Governor of Aceh has issued a decree that the earthquake disaster emergency response commencing on December 7, 2016 will end on December 20, 2016.

  • As of 06:00 am today, the BNPB reported that the death toll remains at 101 and 93 bodies were already identified. The Death Victim Identification (DVI) team is continuously working to identify the rest of the victims. A total of 666 individuals were injured and 65,064 people displaced. Infrastructure damages are 11,378 houses, 109 offices, 88 shop-houses, 58 mosques, 33 schools and 1 fish market.

  • Search and rescue efforts are ongoing in the 3 affected districts.

  • Urgent needs identified remain to be food and clothing, medical equipment, medicines and medical services (orthopaedic specialists, medical doctors, paramedics), medical tents, portable toilets, shelter, and heavy equipment.

  • Four AHA Centre Staff are in the area in coordination with BNPB and four ASEAN-ERAT members are integrated with the Government assessment teams.

  • The first shipment from the Disaster Emergency Logistic System of ASEAN (DELSA) stockpile arrived yesterday, 10 December 2016 evening in Banda Aceh and are now in Pidie Jaya. The second shipment is expected to arrive today.

2. SUMMARY OF DISASTER EVENT

A 6.5 M Earthquake shook Sigli City, Aceh Province, Indonesia at 05:03 (UTC +7) with a shallow depth of 10 km. No Tsunami warning was issued. The earthquake was felt strongly in Pidie, Pidie Jaya and the surrounding districts. Based on the National Statistics Bureau (BP), the total population in Pidie District is around 425,974 while in Pidie Jaya District, it is 151,472. Based on the record of the ASEAN Disaster Information Network (ADINet), the area had been affected by earthquakes in the recent past. In October 2013, a 5.6 M earthquake shook Pidie District.