[HOT] Indonesia Earthquake magnitude 6.1 (Update in Response)

[Pierre GIRAUD]

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On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Kate Chapman <kate at maploser.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have created a task: http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/268 for the
> district of Ketol which has been the worst affected. Please help us in
> mapping all the roads and buildings in the area.
>
> I also have geotagged photos and a KML from BNPB (disaster management
> agency). If someone can use them for mapping please let me know so I
> can email them to you.
>
> Unfortunately I'm going to be traveling from 0700 GMT tomorrow until
> 1500 on Monday to return the US. If you have questions please post
> them to the HOT list and I will get to them as I can and also others
> from our team in Indonesia read the list and can answer as well.
>
> Best,
>
> -Kate
>
> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 1:53 AM, Andrew Buck <andrew.r.buck at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Earlier today there was a 6.1 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia the
>> epicenter is the link below.
>>
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=4.6978&mlon=96.6871&zoom=16&layers=M
>>
>> Although 6.1 is reasonably powerful, Indonesia experiences many earthquakes
>> and so the damage from this one is somewhat moderate.  Current reports are
>> between 20 and 100 fatalities so far with some people displaced from
>> collapsed buildings.  The response will likely be local and not involve the
>> international community, but we have started mapping roads in the areas just
>> as a precaution, and we continue to monitor the situation.
>>
>> Earthquakes such as this can be the precursor to a later, much larger,
>> aftershock.  So a bit of mapping now might be very useful if a later such
>> earthquake does occur.  Right now the focus is on roads, and bridges.  Some
>> building tracing of key buildings (large buildings, mosques, etc) is useful,
>> but complete building coverage is probably overkill.
>>
>> The larger town of Takengon to the east of the epicenter suffered minimal
>> damage, but this is the nearest larger town, so it may be worth tracing
>> streets there if this becomes a disaster response headquarters.
>>
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=4.6234&lon=96.8518&zoom=14&layers=M
>>
>> -AndrewBuck
>>
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