2009 Sumatra earthquakes

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| timestamp = 2009-09-30 10:16:10

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| local-date = {{Start date|df=yes|2009|9|30}}

| local-time = 17:16:10 WIB

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| magnitude = 7.6 {{M|w|link=y}}

| depth = {{convert|90|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}

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| affected = West Sumatra

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| casualties = 1,115 dead
2,180 injured{{cite web|url=http://www.antara.co.id/en/news/1255472809/number-of-fatalities-in-w-sumatra-quake-now-1-115 |title = ANTARA News: Number of fatalities in W Sumatra quake now 1,115 |access-date=14 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015095022/http://www.antara.co.id/en/news/1255472809/number-of-fatalities-in-w-sumatra-quake-now-1-115 |archive-date=15 October 2009 }}

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The first of the 2009 Sumatra earthquakes ({{langx|id|Gempa bumi Sumatra 2009}}) occurred on 30 September off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia with a moment magnitude of 7.6 at {{tooltip|17:16:10 local time|10:16:10 UTC}}. The epicenter was {{convert|45|km|mi}} west-northwest of Padang, West Sumatra, and {{convert|220|km|mi}} southwest of Pekanbaru, Riau. Government and authorities confirmed 1,115 dead, 1,214 severely injured and 1,688 slightly injured. The most deaths occurred in the areas of Padang Pariaman (675), Padang (313), Agam (80) and Pariaman (37). In addition, around 135,000 houses were severely damaged, 65,000 houses were moderately damaged and 79,000 houses were slightly damaged. An estimated 250,000 families (1,250,000 people) have been affected by the earthquake through the total or partial loss of their homes and livelihoods.http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EDIS-7WSKEP{{dead link|date=September 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Tectonic setting

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Many of Indonesia's islands, including Sumatra, are situated within a zone of high seismic activity known as the Ring of Fire.{{cite news |url=https://www.france24.com/en/video/20181223-pacific-ring-fire-why-indonesia-prone-natural-disasters |work=France 24 |title=Pacific Ring of Fire: Why is Indonesia prone to natural disasters? |date=23 December 2018}}{{cite book |title=Environment, Trade and Society in Southeast Asia: A Longue Durée Perspective |pages=62–77 |chapter=History and Seismology in the Ring of Fire: Punctuating the Indonesian Past |author=Anthony Reid |editor1-last=Henley |editor1-first=David |editor2-last=Nordholt |editor2-first=Henk Schulte|jstor=10.1163/j.ctt1w76vg1.8 |year=2015 |publisher=Brill }} Along the Sunda megathrust, the Indo-Australian plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian plate.{{cite web |url=https://earthobservatory.sg/resources/images/subduction-zone-under-sumatra-indonesia |work=Earth Observatory of Singapore |title=Subduction zone beneath Sumatra, Indonesia}} The subduction creates regular earthquakes, many of them of megathrust type. Specifically the Sumatran segment is currently experiencing a period of increased activity that began with the catastrophic 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Each earthquake of the sequence adds additional stresses to segments of the plate boundary that have not moved recently.{{cite journal |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/434291a?proof=true |journal=Nature |author1=John McCloskey |author2=Suleyman S. Nalbant |author3=Sandy Steacy |date=17 March 2005 |volume=434 |number=291 |title=Earthquake risk from co-seismic stress}}

==Earthquakes==

Because of its depth and the computed focal mechanism, the first earthquake is thought to have resulted from deformation within the mantle of the descending Australian plate, rather than from movement on the plate boundary itself.{{cite journal| last1 = McCloskey | first1 = J.| first2 = D. |last2=Lange|first3=F.|last3=Tilmann|first4=S. S.|last4=Nalbant|first5=A. F.|last5=Bell|first6=D. H.|last6=Natawidjaja|author6-link=Danny Hilman Natawidjaja|first7=A.|last7=Rietbrock | title = The September 2009 Padang earthquake| year = 2010| volume = 3| issue = 2 | doi = 10.1038/ngeo753 | journal = Nature Geoscience| pages = 70–71|bibcode = 2010NatGe...3...70M }} A second event, which measured 6.6 {{M|w|link=y}}, struck the province of Jambi in central Sumatra, 08:52:29 local time on 1 October 2009 at a depth of {{convert|15|km|mi}}, about 46 kilometres south-east of Sungaipenuh. Although it was in the same region, the United States Geological Survey specified that it was not an aftershock, as it was located too far from the initial quake.{{cite web|url=http://earthquakes.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009mfaf.php |title=Magnitude 6.6 – SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA |date=1 October 2009 |publisher=United States Geological Survey |access-date=1 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004235046/http://earthquakes.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009mfaf.php |archive-date=4 October 2009 |url-status=dead }} The second earthquake has been linked to dextral (right-lateral) movement on the Great Sumatran fault, which takes up the strike-slip component of the convergence between the two plates.

Effects

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Tremors from the first earthquake were felt in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, Malaysia and Singapore.{{cite news |title=More than 1,000 feared dead in Sumatra earthquake |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=30 September 2009 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/indonesia/6248303/More-than-1000-feared-dead-in-Sumatra-earthquake.html |access-date=1 October 2009 | location=London | first=Aislinn | last=Laing| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091003112123/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/indonesia/6248303/More-than-1000-feared-dead-in-Sumatra-earthquake.html| archive-date= 3 October 2009 | url-status= live}} The management of some high-rise buildings in Singapore evacuated their staff.{{cite web |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1008365/1/.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20091003093146/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1008365/1/.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 October 2009 |title=Powerful 7.6-magnitude quake strikes Indonesia |date=30 September 2009 |publisher=Channel NewsAsia |access-date=30 September 2009}}

A tsunami watch was triggered and there was reports of house damage and fires.{{cite web |url=http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages/indian/2009/indian.2009.09.30.102622.txt |title=Official tsunami watch bulletin |date=30 September 2009 |website=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date=30 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003102129/http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages/indian/2009/indian.2009.09.30.102622.txt |archive-date=3 October 2009 |url-status=live }}; {{cite news |url=http://thejakartaglobe.com/home/indonesias-sumatra-island-shaken-by-76-earthquake/332690 |title=Indonesia 7.6 Earthquake Triggers Tsunami Alert, Panic in Padang |date=30 September 2009 |newspaper=Jakarta Globe |access-date=30 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003105507/http://thejakartaglobe.com/home/indonesias-sumatra-island-shaken-by-76-earthquake/332690 |archive-date=3 October 2009 |url-status=dead }} Hotels in Padang were destroyed, and communications to the city were disrupted.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/30/earthquake-padang-sumatra-indonesia|title=Desperate hunt for the living as Sumatra quake toll mounts|last=Beaumont|first=Peter |date=30 September 2009|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=30 September 2009 | location=London| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091003103303/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/30/earthquake-padang-sumatra-indonesia| archive-date= 3 October 2009 | url-status= live}}

Local news channel Metro TV reported fires in Padang where residents had run onto the streets as the first quake hit. Teams of rescuers from nearby branches of the National Search and Rescue Agency were deployed to Padang.{{Citation needed|date=September 2019}} It was also reported that some water pipes in Padang were broken and there was flooding in the street.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/30/indonesia-earthquake-padang|title=Thousands trapped under rubble after powerful Indonesia earthquake|last=McCurry|first=Justin|date=30 September 2009|work=The Guardian|access-date=30 September 2019|issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-quake-indonesia-sb-idUSTRE58T29L20090930|title=Quake brings down houses on Indonesia's Sumatra|last1=Nathalia|first1=Telly|date=30 September 2009|agency=Reuters|access-date=30 September 2019|last2=Macfie|first2=Nick|editor-last=Miglani|editor-first=Sanjeev}} There were reports that at least two hospitals and several schools collapsed.{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-indonesia-quake2-2009oct02,0,4141625.story |title=More than 777 dead in Indonesia quake, hundreds trapped beneath rubble |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=1 October 2009 |access-date=1 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004235757/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-indonesia-quake2-2009oct02%2C0%2C4141625.story |archive-date=4 October 2009 |url-status=live }}

There were landslides and collateral debris flows in the hills surrounding Lake Maninjau. The landslide in Gunung Nan Tigo, Padang Pariaman district completely destroyed some villages and caused many fatalities. Landslides also forced some roads to be closed.{{cite web|url=http://mceer.buffalo.edu/publications/Reconnaissance/10-SP01/10-SP01.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707234559/https://mceer.buffalo.edu/publications/Reconnaissance/10-SP01/10-SP01.pdf |archive-date=7 July 2010 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.coe-dmha.org/reports/WestSumatraEarthquake09302009.pdf|title=Home|website=coe-dmha.org}}

Padang's Minangkabau International Airport suffered minor damage, with parts of the ceiling in the boarding area falling down.{{Cite web |url=http://www.gulfnews.com/world/Indonesia/10353542.html |title=Gulfnews: Indonesia's Padang airport closed due to quake |access-date=2 October 2009 |archive-date=4 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004173846/http://www.gulfnews.com/world/Indonesia/10353542.html |url-status=dead }} The airport reopened on 1 October.{{cite web|url=http://www.antara.co.id/en/news/1254379555/padang-airport-reopened-for-commercial-flights |title = ANTARA News: Padang Airport reopened for commercial flights |access-date=2 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005011730/http://www.antara.co.id/en/news/1254379555/padang-airport-reopened-for-commercial-flights |archive-date=5 October 2009 }}

Response

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Authorities announced that several disaster management teams were en route to Padang although it took several hours for them to reach more remote areas.{{cite web |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1001/p06s04-woap.html |title=Indonesia earthquake toll rises as survivors await relief |last=Montlake |first=Simon |work=The Christian Science Monitor |date=1 October 2009 |access-date=5 March 2019}} Rescue workers pulled dozens of survivors from the rubble and rushed them to Djamil Hospital. The hospital itself was overwhelmed with patients, and many patients were treated in tents set up outside the hospital. A man was trapped beneath a flattened hotel for 25 hours with a broken leg before rescue workers pulled him free. The Indonesian military deployed emergency response teams with earth moving equipment to help move rubble and recover trapped victims.{{cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2009/10/01/death-toll-in-indonesia-earthquake-rises-to-777/ |title=Death toll in Indonesia earthquake rises to 777 |date=1 October 2009 |agency=Associated Press|newspaper=New York Post| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091003022158/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091001/ap_on_re_as/as_indonesia_earthquake| archive-date= 3 October 2009 | url-status= dead}} Rescue workers and volunteers searched the rubble of a collapsed three-story concrete building, rescuing survivors and recovering bodies while parents of students trapped inside waited nearby.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna33085687|title=Death toll in Indonesia earthquake hits 531|date=1 October 2009|publisher=NBC News|access-date=30 September 2019|agency=Associated Press}} Indonesian villagers used their bare hands to sift through ruins and try to find survivors.{{Cite news|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2009/1004/p06s01-wosc.html|title=Indonesia earthquake: Rescue teams refocus on survivors|last=Montlake|first=Simon|date=4 October 2009|work=The Christian Science Monitor|access-date=30 September 2019|issn=0882-7729}} On 5 October, Indonesian rescue workers called off their search for trapped survivors and increased efforts to recover bodies, clear rubble, and provide aid to survivors.https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/_on_re_as/as_indonesia_earthquake{{dead link|date=September 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Indonesian authorities used helicopters to airdrop food and blankets into remote areas, and to bring the wounded from these areas to hospitals.{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna33172571 |publisher=NBC News |title=Indonesia calls off search for missing survivors |date=5 October 2009}}

World Vision, Oxfam, IFRC, Muslim Charity and Mercy Corps confirmed that they would fly their emergency response teams to the devastated Padang area for rapid assessment of the catastrophe.{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/30/indonesia.earthquake/index.html |title=Officials: Indonesia quake toll could soar |date=30 September 2009 |publisher=CNN}} The Red Cross sought donations to help cover earthquake relief costs.{{cite web |url=https://american.redcross.org/site/Donation2?idb=1242664702&df_id=1094&1094.donation=form1&s_sbsrc=RCO_NewsArticle%20American%20Red%20Cross%201%20Oct%202009 |title=International Response Fund |date=1 October 2009 |publisher=American Red Cross |access-date=1 October 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} World Vision also airlifted 2,000 collapsible water containers and distributed them immediately to the area most affected by earthquake. Additionally World Vision launched US$1 million appeal for the relief effort.{{cite web |url=http://www.wvi.org/wvi/wviweb.nsf/maindocs/4484E4459395354488257643000452BD?opendocument |title=Indonesia: Padang devastated by aftershock, World Vision says 'water a major concern' |date=2 October 2009 |publisher=World Vision |access-date=2 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927143900/http://www.wvi.org/wvi/wviweb.nsf/maindocs/4484E4459395354488257643000452BD?opendocument |archive-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{clear}}

;Countries that sent aid

Below is the table of countries that sent or pledged aid for Indonesia{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/list-of-countries-that-have-sent-aid-to-indonesia/ |title=List of countries that have sent aid to Indonesia |date=2 October 2009 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=CBS News |access-date=5 March 2019}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" \| Australia	Australia sent a team of 10 army engineers, a 36-member civilian search and rescue team, and {{HMAS\|Kanimbla\|L 51\|6}}, a Royal Australian Navy ship equipped with a hospital and a helicopter. A 36-person urban search and rescue team and about 20 Australian Defence Force medics and engineers arrived in Padang on 3 October. Australia also provided A$250,000 to Indonesian NGO Muhammadiyah to support its medical teams and humanitarian operations and A$100,000 to the Indonesian Red Cross for its emergency response.{{cite web\|url=http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsworld.php?id=444148 \|title=World Shows Solidarity Over West Sumatra Earthquake \|date=3 October 2009 \|publisher=BERNAMA \|access-date=3 October 2009 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013105120/http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsworld.php?id=444148 \|archive-date=13 October 2009 \|url-status=live }}
China	China provided emergency aid worth $500,000. China's Red Cross also provided $50,000{{cite news \|url=http://www.china-un.ch/eng/xwdt/t620082.htm \|work=PERMANENT MISSION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN SWITZERLAND \|date=2 October 2009 \|title=China Offers Emergency Humanitarian Aid to Indonesia}}
Denmark	Denmark sent a six-man crew and emergency supplies.
Estonia	Estonia provided an information technology expert to Indonesia along with the UN Disaster Assessment and Co-ordination (UNDAC) team. The Foreign Ministry also decided to support victims of the earthquake in Indonesia with 1,000,000 kroons.{{cite web\|url=http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/VVOS-7WFJZ8?OpenDocument\|title=Estonia provides aid to victims of Indonesia earthquake \|date=2 October 2009 \|publisher=ReliefWeb\| access-date= 4 October 2009 }}
European Union	The EU provided emergency aid worth 3 million euros.
Germany	Germany sent emergency aid worth 1 million euros.
Hong Kong	HKD 4 million was channeled through World Vision Hong Kong.{{cite web\|url=http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200910/12/P200910120179.htm\|title=Emergency relief for earthquake victims in Indonesia\|website=info.gov.hk}}
Ireland	Noel Wardick, Head of the Irish Red Cross International Dept, went to Indonesia on 2 October. Irish Red Cross volunteers worked to rescue people and provide food, clean water, and shelter.{{cite web\|url=http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/MUMA-7WG4EK?OpenDocument \|title=Irish Red Cross responds to rise in earthquake victims \|date=2 October 2009 \|publisher=ReliefWeb\| access-date= 3 October 2009 }}
Japan	Japan sent a team of 60 search and rescue workers and 23 medical personnel. It also provided emergency goods such as tents, sleeping mats, blankets, and power generators. A Japanese medical team of 23 doctors arrived in Pariaman on 3 October.{{cite web\|url=http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/SNAA-7WGA4D?OpenDocument \|title=Japanese medical team arrives in quake-hit Pariaman \|date=3 October 2009 \|publisher=ReliefWeb\| access-date= 3 October 2009 }}
Malaysia	Mercy Malaysia deployed a two-member team to Padang on 1 October to conduct an on-the-ground assessment to determine the humanitarian needs. An initial total of RM 100,000 was allocated from the emergency fund to respond to the disaster.{{cite web\|url=http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/AZHU-7WE6Y6?OpenDocument \|title=Mercy Malaysia sends assessment team to Padang, Indonesia in response to earthquake \|date=1 October 2009 \|publisher=ReliefWeb\| access-date= 3 October 2009 }} Malaysian Red Crescent Society deployed a five-member Regional Disaster Response Team consisting of one doctor, one nurse, and relief officers to Padang to provide emergency relief to the earthquake victims on 2 October.{{cite news\|url=http://web.thestarmobile.com/news.jsp?article=102626&page=2 \|title=RMAF to evacuate students, aid on the way to Indonesia (Updated) \|date=1 October 2009 \|newspaper=The Star \|access-date=3 October 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717032815/http://web.thestarmobile.com/news.jsp?article=102626&page=2 \|archive-date=17 July 2011 }} The State Government of Selangor allocated RM 500,000 for relief efforts in Padang.{{cite news\|url=http://www.malaysiainsider.net/index.php/opinion/hafiznoorshams/39167-a-chance-to-demonstrate-malaysian-goodwill \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804062728/http://www.malaysiainsider.net/index.php/opinion/hafiznoorshams/39167-a-chance-to-demonstrate-malaysian-goodwill \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=4 August 2012 \|title=A chance to demonstrate Malaysian goodwill \|date=2 October 2009 \|newspaper=Malaysian Insider \|access-date=5 October 2009 }} Mercy Malaysia deployed a team consisting of an orthopaedic surgeon, a general surgeon, an anesthetist, general practitioners (GPs), and nurses on 4 October to treat the earthquake victims in and around Pariaman which is located some 80 km north of Padang, Sumatra. The team brought along surgical sets and primary healthcare kits worth a total of RM 100,000.{{cite web\|url=http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/SHIG-7WGFLJ?OpenDocument \|title=Mercy Malaysia sending surgical and medical team to Pariaman \|date=3 October 2009 \|publisher=ReliefWeb\| access-date= 3 October 2009 }} 39 members of the Malaysian Search and Rescue Team (Smart) traveled to Padang to assist with the search and rescue of victims who were trapped under rubble following the 7.6-magnitude earthquake. A medical team of 17 officers from the Malaysian Armed Forces medical corps, 8 officers from Malaysian Health Ministry, 2 officers from the National Security Division, and NGO Mercy Malaysia were sent to the capital of West Sumatra.{{cite news\|url=http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/20091003150834/Article/index_html \|title=Malaysia channels three types of assistance to Indonesia \|date=3 October 2009 \|newspaper=New Straits Times \|access-date=3 October 2009 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008161125/http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/20091003150834/Article/index_html \|archive-date=8 October 2009 \|url-status=dead }}{{cite web\|url=http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/news_lite.php?id=444109\|title=PM Wants More Medical Personnel To Be Sent To Padang \|date=3 October 2009 \|publisher=BERNAMA\| access-date= 4 October 2009 }} Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in Iskandar Puteri sent 14 volunteers to Padang to help with the humanitarian relief efforts. In a statement, Deputy vice-chancellor Prof Dr. Mohd Azrai Kassim said the team of students and staff from the university would help to provide fresh water supplies.
Netherlands	The Netherlands provided 500,000 euros in emergency aid.
Norway	Norway pledged a total of NOK 20,000,000 for emergency relief efforts.{{cite news\|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/03/more-countries-pledge-aid-quake-victims.html \|title=More countries pledge aid for quake victims \|date=3 October 2009 \|newspaper=The Jakarta Post \|access-date=3 October 2009 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006230945/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/03/more-countries-pledge-aid-quake-victims.html \|archive-date=6 October 2009 \|url-status=live }}
Qatar	Qatar sent an aircraft, a search and rescue team, and logistical supplies.
Russia	Russia sent two aircraft, logistical supplies, medical supplies, doctors, nurses, and a search and rescue team with sniffer dogs.
Saudi Arabia	The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia sent a maximus Aircargo plane carrying two units of trucks, one ambulance disaster response unit, a search and rescue team, medicines, and four sniffer dogs to help identify the presence of both survivors and victims under the collapsed buildings in West Sumatra.
Singapore	Singapore pledged $50,000 worth of emergency relief supplies, including temporary shelters, blankets, and medicine. They also sent a 54-member medical team from the Singapore Armed Forces, 42-member Civil Defense Force search, rescue contingent, and three helicopters.{{cite web\|url=http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20091003-171574.html \|title=S'pore team in Indonesia to help quake victims \|date=3 October 2009 \|publisher=AsiaOne \|access-date=5 October 2009 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006040024/http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20091003-171574.html \|archive-date=6 October 2009 \|url-status=dead }}
South Korea	South Korea sent a 43-person search and rescue team and $500,000 in aid.
Switzerland	Switzerland sent a search and rescue team.
Taiwan	Taiwan donated $150,000 to the effort.
Thailand	Thailand sent a plane on 3 October with relief supplies worth $170,000 to Jakarta.
Turkey	Turkish Red Crescent appointed an ad hoc representative to the Coordination Center operated by Indonesian Red Cross.{{cite web\|url=http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/SHIG-7WGGNY?OpenDocument \|title=Turkish Red Crescent West Sumatra earthquake Activity Report No. 1 \|date=3 October 2009 \|publisher=ReliefWeb\| access-date= 3 October 2009 }}
United Arab Emirates	The United Arab Emirates sent a 56-member search and rescue team, medical supplies, and heavy equipment.
United Kingdom	The UK sent humanitarian experts to help assess the damage. The Department for International Development (DfID) team carried UK aid agency staff and rescue equipment including plastic sheeting, medical supplies, and water purifying equipment. The search and rescue team was made up of 65 firefighters. 10 volunteers from the International Rescue Corps, based in Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, also flew to Sumatra. They took specialized equipment including listening devices and camera systems which can penetrate rubble to search for trapped survivors in collapsed buildings. SARAID (Search and Rescue Assistance in Disasters), a Southwest-based charity, mobilized a team of 10 personnel and sent over a ton of technical equipment to Padang. Gloucester-based search and rescue specialists, Rapid-UK, sent a 16-person team to the area.{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8285409.stm \|title=UK rescue team head to Indonesia \|date=2 October 2009 \|publisher=BBC News\|access-date=3 October 2009 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002100559/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8285409.stm \|archive-date=2 October 2009 \|url-status=live }}
United States	The US provided emergency aid worth $3 million. They also pledged an additional $3 million, and provided an Air Force C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, Navy C-12 transport aircraft and crew. The USS Denver and the USS McCampbell were sent to assist.{{cite news\|url=http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/10/military_pacific_aid_100209/\|author=McMichael, William H.\|title=Pacific Command sends aid to storm-torn areas\|newspaper=Navy Times\|date=2 October 2009\|access-date=3 October 2009}} Eight U.S. Navy and Marine Corps helicopters from these ships delivered more than 360,000 pounds of food, water and emergency shelter supplies from disaster relief NGOs to remote regions inaccessible by land. These helicopters also flew government and NGO survey teams to conduct assessments of hard-hit areas. Indonesian military and U.S. Air Force doctors, along with Navy corpsmen, treated more than 2,000 patients at an Air Force humanitarian assistance rapid response team field hospital set up in Padang; small teams of U.S. and Indonesian medical personnel also embarked helicopters and made medical visits to a handful of remote villages, transporting injured persons back to Padang for treatment.{{cite web\|url=http://www.defense.gov/Blog_files/Blog_assets/20091022_Landolt_transcript.pdf \|author=Department of Defense \|title=DoD Bloggers Roundtable \|publisher=Department of Defense \|date=22 October 2009 \|access-date=21 January 2010 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608114348/http://www.defense.gov/Blog_files/Blog_assets/20091022_Landolt_transcript.pdf \|archive-date=8 June 2011 }}{{cite web\|url=http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=49020\|author=MCC Ty Swartz\|title=Navy Wraps Up Indonesian Relief Mission\|date=16 October 2009\|access-date=21 January 2010\|archive-date=18 October 2009\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018123420/http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=49020\|url-status=dead}}

References

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External links

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn83NjkFzhE Rescue efforts continue in Indonesia] – On Demand News
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8284208.stm Indonesia quake deaths pass 1,000] – BBC News
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