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Indonesia:Earthquake:2010/10/25
Duration2010/10/25 The 7.5 magnitude quake hit 78 km west of South Pagai in the Mentawai islands late Monday, 25 October 2010. At least 112 dead, more than 500 missing.
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  • IRIN 2010/11/26
    On 25 October, the islands were struck by a 3m-high tsunami triggered by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake off the coast of western Sumatra, which left 509 people dead, 21 missing, destroyed 550 houses and damaged another 200, the country\'s National Disaster Management Agency reported.
  • CNN.com 2010/10/31
    The death toll has gone up to 449 after a massive earthquake struck off Indonesia\'s coast, triggering a tsunami, authorities said 31 October. At least 270 people were injured and ninety-six others are still missing.
  • Jakarta Post 2010/10/30
    The death toll in last Monday\'s tsunami that devastated the Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra, rose to 413 on Friday evening, while 298 others were still missing.

  • CNN.com 2010/10/29
    The toll climbed to 394 dead and 312 missing four days after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck off Indonesia\'s coast, triggering a tsunami, officials said Friday (29 Oct.).
  • Reuters AlertNet 2010/10/27
    Tsunami in Sumatra kills 282, 411 still missing, authorities said on 27 October. 4,000 people had been displaced by the tsunami.
  • CNN.com 2010/10/26
    At least 112 people were killed and 502 others were missing after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Sumatra on Monday and triggered a tsunami, Indonesian officials said Tuesday.
  • BBC news 2010/10/26
    More than 100 people have been killed and many are missing after a tsunami triggered by an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
  • Reuters 2010/10/26
    At least 160 people, mostly women and children, are missing from an Indonesian village that was pounded by an enormous wave after an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra caused a local tsunami, officials said on 26 October.
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