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Indonesia:Earthquake:2002/10/10

Duration	2002/10/10	A powerful quake that caused widespread damage in Indonesia's easternmost Papua province has left one policeman dead.
Country or District	Indonesia
Name	Earthquake

Headline(Source, Date)
Personal Injury	Material Damage	Others
OCHA Situation Report No.2 2002/10/15
Dead: 4 epople Seriously injured: 172 people	Destroyed: 77 houses	Many homes, school buildings, puskesmas, churches and mosques were partially ruined.
OCHA Situation Report No.1 2002/10/11
Dead: 3 people	Severely damaged: 31 houses Damaged: 17 houses With minor damages: 4 houses

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Report/Articles OCHA Situation Report No.3 2002/11/01 8 people had died and 632 people been injured, 6 of them seriously. OCHA Consolidated Situation Report No. 98 report of Indonesian earthquake. OCHA Situation Report No.2 2002/10/15 The total number of deaths is 4, including two children, with 172 seriously injured. OCHA Situation Report No.1 2002/10/11 On 10 October 2002 at 17.50 local time, the earthquake measured at 6.4 on the Richter Scale. AFP news 2002/10/11 Five dead and severe damage in powerful Indonesian quake Channel News Asia, Singapore　2002/10/11 Casualty fears rise as strong earthquake hits eastern Papua province BBC news 2002/10/11 Powerful earthquake hits Indonesia CNN News 2002/10/11 At least 172 people were reported injured after the 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit northeastern parts of the province Thursday night AFP news 2002/10/11 At least three people, including two infants, were killed and more than 100 homes damaged in a powerful earthquake that shook a remote region in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua. Yahoo asia News 2002/10/11 Five killed as Indonesia quake rips three-km crack in ground Yahoo! news 2002/10/10 One killed in Papua earthquake

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