Padang, (October 26, 2010) An earthquake measuring 7.2 Richter scale that occurred on October 25, 2010 at 21:42 am eventually cause a tsunami in the Mentawai Islands. Height of water that reaches more than 3 meters swept 10 villages located on the outskirts of the beach. A total of 23 people killed and 123 people missing.
The tsunami waves that struck the Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra, really terrible. As a result of the disaster, a number of villages on the west coast of South Pagai Island reportedly razed to the ground. Preliminary report on the receipt, a number of villages on the west coast of South Pagai Island razed to the ground. The villages that include the Village and Village Malakoppak Bulasat.
Unknown hundreds of people are now also in the evacuation. They are worried about aftershocks disaster. In Sub Sikakap, Sikakap Village there are 150 head of the Family (KK), 100 families Taikako Muara Village, District of North Pagai, Silabu Village there are 150 households, District of South Pagai, Malakoppak Village there are 25 families, 50 families Sinakok Village, Village Malako 45 families, Sub Sipora, Village Bosowa 125 households.
Meanwhile, the tsunami reaching the shoreline in the Valley is only 46 cm. But at the epicenter in the Mentawai, allegedly even higher. But unfortunately, the government has no monitoring of ocean waves in Mentawai. "It was recorded but a small tsunami. In Padang only 0.461 meters," the head of the Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Mitigation BMKG Mochammad Riyadi, Tuesday (10/26/2010).
"Near the Mentawai we do not have a monitor in there tool. Since last night we could not monitor the Mentawai," he explained.
The monitor is called the tide gauge wave provided by Bakorsurtanal. But do not put Bakorsurtanal tide gauge to the Mentawai region. "What was observed only in the Valley," said Riyadi.
9 Australian Citizen Missing in Mentawai
At least nine Australians has yet been found following the devastating earthquake that shook the Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra. They are the surfers who was in on a ship called the Southern Cross.
According to the Australian newspaper, Sydney Morning Herald (SMH), Tuesday (26/10/2010), eight other Australians who were on the ship is Clifford Humphries, Gary Mountford, Christopher Papallo, Alexander McTaggart, Neil Cox, Jeffrey Annesley, Stephen Reynolds and Colin Steell.
Vice President will visit the Mentawai Tomorrow
Related to the tsunami in the Mentawai which claimed several victims, Vice President Boediono plans to visit the Mentawai tomorrow (Wednesday, 27/10/2010). According to Boediono plan would depart from the Prime Halim Kusuma Airport, Jakarta at 08.00.
Boediono will fly into the field by using the presidential plane RJ 85. After that, he will move to the helicopter that would take him to the disaster site. Today, from morning to evening, Boediono was in Yogyakarta to review the evacuation location of Mount Merapi. He also get an overview about the state volcanology mountain has now been upgraded to alert them.
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