Earthquake in Lombok leaves 82 dead

davita

There has been a co-ordinated TNI/police and emergency service response...just not advertised....... "The response The BNPB said it was working together with the Indonesian Military (TNI), the National Police, the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) and several ministries and non-governmental organizations for its emergency response." http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/08/06/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-lombok-earthquake.html

balinews

A powerful earthquake struck the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok on Sunday, killing at least 82 people and shaking neighboring Bali, one week after another quake on Lombok killed more than a dozen. The latest quake, which triggered a brief tsunami warning, damaged buildings as far away as Denpasar on Bali, including a department store and the airport terminal, where ceiling panels were shaken loose, authorities said. Video showed screaming people running in panic from houses in a Bali neighborhood and vehicles rocking. On Lombok, soldiers and other rescuers carried injured people on stretchers and carpets to an evacuation center. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/quake-strikes-indonesias-lombok-island-tsunami-possible/2018/08/05/1decca64-98ad-11e8-a8d8-9b4c13286d6b_story.html?utm_term=.8b04da096904

harryopal

Just looking at on line information through Wikipedia it seems Indonesia has armed forces totalling about 400,000 personnel, more than 100 helicopters and a considerable number of relatively shallow bottomed patrols boats as well as some hovercraft and amphibious vehicles. It is usual for the services to be continually involved in various exercises to ensure a quick response capacity. I find it hard to understand why the Lombok disaster might not be seen as an exercise opportunity to mount a major response that would provide useful organizational challenges to test the skills of the armed forces Obviously any such program requires a huge planning response but as someone without military experience I would be interested to know why a major armed forces response doesn't seem to be happening.