West Sulawesi Provincial Government Builds 22 Emergency Tents For Mamuju Earthquake Victims Whose Houses Were Severely Damaged

The Provincial Government of West Sulawesi (Sulbar) built 22 emergency tents for earthquake refugees in Salunangka, Rangas Village, Simboro District, Mamuju Regency, Saturday (11/6/2022) ANTARA Photo/M Faisal Hanapi

MAMUJU - The West Sulawesi Provincial Government built 22 emergency tents for earthquake refugees in Salunangka, Rangas Village, Simboro District, Mamuju Regency.

"The West Sulawesi government through the West Sulawesi Social Service built 22 emergency tents in Salunangka, Rangas Village, because in that area the damage to people's houses was quite severe due to the earthquake," said the acting Governor of West Sulawesi, Akmal Malik, quoted by Antara, Saturday, June 11.

As a result of the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked Mamuju Regency on Wednesday (8/6) dozens of residents' houses were seriously damaged in the Salunangka neighborhood.

According to him, the Salunangka neighborhood was the worst hit by the Mamuju earthquake, so the government provided emergency tents.

"So that residents whose houses were badly damaged get temporary shelter, then the emergency tents were lowered to be used by earthquake refugees whose houses were damaged," he said.

The government of West Sulawesi has declared the Mamuju earthquake emergency response status from 8 June to 14 June 2022.

The provincial government collects data on damaged houses for further assistance, stimulants for home repairs will be provided, including in the Salunangka neighborhood.

The governor hopes that with the help of emergency tents and logistics in the form of food, he can help ease the burden of life for the earthquake victims in Salunangka.

In addition, the Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Lt. Gen. Suharyanto has also asked the West Sulawesi government to collect data on houses damaged by the earthquake so that they can be handled and provided assistance including in the Salunangka neighborhood as soon as possible.

The previous Mamuju earthquake caused 8,159 people to evacuate and 75 houses were badly damaged.

In addition, 17 people suffered minor and moderate serious injuries.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) released that the Mamuju earthquake point was located at sea at a distance of 26 kilometers from Mamuju City at a depth of 10 kilometers, the epicenter of the earthquake was at coordinates 2.77 south latitude and 118.56 east longitude.