Head of government crisis centre comment on quake which killed three

• published: 21 Jul 2015
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SHOTLIST 1. Side shot of Rustam Pakaya, the head of the Indonesian Health Ministry's disaster centre on the phone 2. Wide of same 3. Mid shot of Sumatra island map 4. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Rustam Pakaya, Head of the Indonesian Health Ministry's disaster centre: "Many buildings have been damaged but health facilities such as hospitals are okay. There's only one small hospital damaged. Cellular network towers have collapsed so we can only communicate by radio." 5. Cutaway map of Semeulue island 6. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Rustam Pakaya, Head of the Indonesian Health Ministry's disaster centre: "The number of dead totals three, and 27 people are injured - most of them suffering from bone fractures from of falling and being crushed under the rubble." 7. Map of Indonesia 8. Rustam Pakaya at his desk STORYLINE A powerful earthquake struck western Indonesia on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring 25 others, officials said. A tsunami warning was briefly triggered, but no waves were detected. The US Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 and struck under the island of Simeulue off the western coast of Sumatra - the region worst hit in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Rustam Pakaya, the head of the Indonesian Health Ministry's disaster centre, said "many" buildings on Simeulue were damaged and three people were killed. He said at least 25 others were seriously injured. The quake was felt across much of western and northern Sumatra, where many people fled swaying homes and buildings. In coastal areas, residents ran to high ground in fear of a tsunami. Quakes measuring 7 and above can cause major damage in built-up areas. Simeulue is home to around 75-thousand people, but most people live in simple village homes that do not typically cause major injuries or death to inhabitants if they collapse. Many of the island's two-story brick buildings collapsed during quakes in 2004 and 2005 and remain unused. Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago with a population of 235 (m) million people, is prone to seismic upheaval because of its location on the "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin. The Indian Ocean fault that ruptured on Wednesday is particularly deadly. A magnitude-9 quake there in 2004 triggered a tsunami that killed more than 230-thousand people in a dozen countries, most of them on Sumatra. Three months later, an 8.7 quake further down the fault killed 1-thousand on the islands of Nias and Simeulue. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/4cfea4749540f77b472574b42e2f4344 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork