UNDRO 91/1101
INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
8 JULY 1991
1. AT 8 P.M. LOCAL TIME ON 4 JULY,
A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE (6.7 RICHTER SCALE) OCCURRED 110 KM EAST OF KALABAI
(CAPITAL OF ALORS DISTRICT) BETWEEN ALOR AND TIMOR ISLANDS.
2. EPICENTER CALCULATED AT DEPTH OF
33.3 KM AT 8 DEGREES SOUTH LATITUDE AND 125.38 DEGREES EAST LONGITUDE.
3. CASUALTIES: 23 DEAD,
181 INJURED.
4. DAMAGE: 1,115 BUILDINGS
INCLUDING:
- GOVT BLDGS: 57
TOTALLY, 3 SEVERELY, 8 PARTIALLY
- COMMUNITY BLDGS:
956 TOTALLY, 10 SEVERELY, 48 PARTIALLY
- CHURCHES: 22
TOTALLY, 3 SEVERELY, 2 PARTIALLY
- MOSQUES: 3
TOTALLY, 1 SEVERELY, 1 PARTIALLY
5. ECONOMIC LOSS: EQUIVALENT
TO USD 5,128,200.
= ESSAAFI UNDRO GENEVA 414242 DRO CH +
DPR 310 INS
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