Recent devastating earthquake at Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, pictures - 5:54 am Saturday May 27, '06 |
As dawn broke over Indonesia's ancient heritage city of Yogyakarta, rescue workers searched for survivors of the 6.2 magnitude quake that flattened most of the houses in the city and villages. Allmost all structures collapsed like toys, as saturday's earthquake shook them vigorously. |
The powerful earthquake destroyed homes, hotels and temples in central Indonesia early Saturday as people slept, killing more than 5,500 and injuring thousands more in the nation's worst disaster since the 2004 tsunami. |
Indonesia is prone to high seismic activities due to its location on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and plate fault lines surrounding the Pacific Basin. |
Yogyakarta, Central Java, May 27, 2006. A man looks hopelessly, eartquake debris have grounded his car. |
Bantul Yogyakarta, central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, May 27, 2006 Road has cracked due to strong earthquake. |
Yogyakarta, central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, May 27, 2006. Main road has been severely damaged due to strong earthquake. |
Yogyakarta, central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, May 27, 2006. Ancient Buddhist temples are damaged due to strong earthquake. |
Yogyakarta, Central Java, May 27, 2006. Few earthquake survivors are looking helpelessly at the ruins of their homes. |
Bantul, Yogyakarta, Central Java, May 27, 2006. Villagers cry when rescuers carry dead bodies of their family members. |
Bantul, Yogyakarta, Central Java, May 27, 2006. Villagers and rescuers dig through the debris in search of survivors of earthquake. |
Yogyakarta, central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, May 27, 2006. A man searches in vain for any valuables from the ruins of his house. |
Yogyakarta, central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, May 27, 2006. A man carries his motorbike out of the earthquake debris. |
Yogyakarta, central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, May 27, 2006. A small girl is waiting for her mother to come back. She covers her eyes in disgust and despair. |
Yogyakarta, central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, May 27, 2006. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited the victims of devastating earthquake in Klaten district near Yogyakarta. |
Yogyakarta, central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, May 27, 2006. Villagers are carrying the dead earthquake victims to a mass funeral. |
We have shown the devastations and human impact of the Yogyakarta, Indonesia earthquake of May 27, 2006 in pictures. The images are thumbnails, click for full view. |