Disasters Charter: Earthquake in Indonesia

September 21, 2009 at 9:31 am | Posted in Space Law | Leave a comment

by P.J. Blount with the blog faculty

The Disasters Charter has been activated for an Earthquake in Indonesia:

Earthquake in Indonesia

Type of Event: Earthquake
Location of Event: Java, Indonesia
Date of Charter Activation: 17/09/2009
Charter Requestor: USGS on behalf of LAPAN/Indonesia
Project Management: Pacific Disaster Center

Description of the Event
A major earthquake struck Java on 3 September 2009.
At least 57 people were killed, hundreds of people were injured and thousands of houses were destroyed or damaged.