Indonesian quake kills at least 162, injures hundreds

Looks bad. I hate earthquakes.

Horrible tragedy, the fatalities are bound to increase, but hopefully the worst already happened. Still, over 700 hundred hurt means some must be in very bad conditions. Well worth some international help.

I find this very upsetting

The quake was only M5.6. In Japan or California a quake of that magnitude might knock some products off store shelves but that is about all. Considering the frequency of large earthquakes in Indonesia their building codes are very substandard. Their government might think it is doing their people a favor by not imposing the costs of modern seismic standards on buildings but in the end the cost of not imposing those standards seems even greater. 162 people tragically died who should not have if Indonesian authorities were doing their job.

The quake was only M5.6. In Japan or California a quake of that magnitude might knock some products off store shelves but that is about all. 

It was at a fairly shallow depth (10 km). I think it would have caused damage wherever it occurred. That's why Japan's intensity scale is generally more useful for understanding the strength of an earthquake at particular locations.

Damn earthquakes !!..

RIP. Very vulnerable location for sure. A famous astronomer by the name of Carlos Munoz Ferrada, in a YouTube interview about Hercolobus, (Nibiru, Nemesis, Planet X, Wormwood, etc), stated that there will be 3 massive earthquakes with the arrival of this celestial body. One of the locations is in the Java/Sumatra region. The other two in Peru/Chile and France/Spain.

https://youtu.be/BxmmLTjM4Pk

It's rightful and reasonable for the Indonesian government to decide to relocate its capital to Nusantara, East Kalimantan, away from the active tectonic area around Java.

Poor people, they never seem able to get a break, it’s just one tragedy after another.

Another on just hit the Solomon Islands.

It was at a fairly shallow depth (10 km). I think it would have caused damage wherever it occurred. That's why Japan's intensity scale is generally more useful for understanding the strength of an earthquake at particular locations.

I have been through a M6.4 quake followed the next day by a M7.1 quake. The only death was of a man working under a car. The car fell off the jacks and crushed him. We had no damage to our home. Nothing even fell out of the cupboards. This is a modern wood frame home on a steel reinforced concrete slab with thick composite wood sheer walls covering at least 80% of the exterior framing. Buildings built like this do not fall down in earthquakes. Most of the buildings in our town suffered no worse than fallen drop ceilings and fluorescent light fixtures. Mobile homes fell off jacks. One store suffered exterior stucco damage. The worst damage was a theater roof fell in over the two older theaters. The remaining theaters suffered no damage so the damaged part was taped off and the rest of the theater re-opened. We have had multiple aftershocks of M5.6. They did no damage. I was outdoors walking our doggies for one of them and it was an interesting experience.

I have been through a M6.4 quake followed the next day by a M7.1 quake. The only death was of a man working under a car. 

And I've been through a M6.9 earthquake, and over 6,000 people died. That was the Great Hanshin earthquake. Luckily, I was fairly far away and the intensity only registered a 5 where I was, whereas it registered a 7 where most deaths occurred. As I said, I think Japan's intensity scale system gives a better indication of effect at any location.