JAKARTA, Nov 17, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – Seven people were killed and more
than 8,000 others are taking shelters as landslides and quakes struck Mamasa
district of Indonesia’s West Sulawesi province, a disaster agency official
said Saturday.
The seven people were killed during evacuation, Pasamboan Pangloli, head of
rehabilitation and reconstruction unit of the disaster management agency in
the district, told Xinhua over phone.
The landslides also buried at least 8 houses in the district, he added.
More than 8,000 people have fled their homes and are taking shelters as
several moderate quakes with magnitudes from 5.1 to 5.5 struck the district
in the past few days, said Pangloli.
West Sulawesi province borders Central Sulawesi province which was
devastated by a series of powerful quakes and an ensuing tsunami by the end
of September that left over 2,000 people dead