Residents' Houses and School Buildings in Blitar Damaged by the Malang Earthquake

BLITAR - Several buildings in Blitar, East Java, were damaged by a 6.1 magnitude earthquake in Malang.

"There are several houses in several sub-districts. This we are also still collecting", said the Chief Executive of the Daily (Kalakhar) Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Blitar Achmad Cholik district quoted Antara, Saturday, April 10.

Some of the damage to the building occurred in Binangun, Kesamben, Wates, Lodoyo, Wlingi, and several other areas.

Buildings of people's houses as well as public facilities, such as the Blitar District Government office in Kanigoro Subdistrict, including mushala (prayer room), and school halls were also damaged.

Besides, the earthquake also caused several items in the shops to scatter down. In fact, many packaged drinks were damaged, due to falls after the earthquake. Residents who were shopping also looked still shocked after the earthquake and knew many items fell.

Some residents also captured on mobile phones as well as video of the aftermath of the quake. Not only in Blitar City, building damage also occurs. The damage was also seen quite severely in a madrasa in Blitar City. The walls of many buildings fell out. Glass at the school also fell and shattered.

In the office of Blitar District Kanigoro, tile in the office fell and fell. The plenary room of the Blitar District Parliament office is also quite severe. The walls of the building collapsed including the roof falling.

The employees also tried to secure some files that could be secured. It anticipates damage to goods, because at this time also heavy rains occur.

Ana, a resident of Blitar said the earthquake happened quite hard. In fact, it was raining heavily so he was also worried.

"I'm in Nglegok, it's raining very heavily accompanied by strong winds", said Ana.