Indonesia's fickle quake spares some, destroys others at epicentre


  • World
  • Sunday, 07 Oct 2018

Girls make phone calls while siting on a broken wooden boat at the epicentre of a devastating earthquake at Lende Tovea village in Donggala, Sulawesi island, Indonesia October 6, 2018. REUTERS/Beawiharta

LENDE INDUK, Indonesia (Reuters) - Just 500 metres from the epicentre of the earthquake that triggered a wave of destruction in Indonesia, a modest wooden home built on hollow concrete foundations in Lende Induk village stands completely and remarkably unscathed.

A few kilometres away, along the main road of its sister village, Lende Tovea, scores of homes - many built with reinforced concrete - were completely destroyed by the violent shaking, leaving a mess of rubble neatly covered by fallen tin roofs.

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