CHURCH WORLD SERVICE: EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE
SITUATION REPORT: INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE
May 4, 2000


SITUATION: At least four people were reported killed when an earthquake
today measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island
and other smaller islands. The earthquake triggered a tsunami, affecting
islets around Banggai.

Damage was reported in the Sulawesi coastal town of Luwuk, as well as the
neighboring islands of Peleng and Banggai, Reuters reported. Most
buildings on Banggai -- where the casualties were reported -- had been
completely destroyed, eyewitnesses said.


RESPONSE: CWS-Indonesia staff in Jakarta, Indonesia, are contacting staff
in Sulawesi to gather assessment information and determine possible needs.

Call the CWS HOTLINE for updates: (800) 297-1516, ext. 111.

For further information about disasters to which Church World Service is
responding, contact CWS Emergency Response.

Telephone: (212) 870-3151
After-hours emergency pager: (800) 780-0853
Internet Web Site: http://www.ncccusa.org/CWS/emre
ACT Web Site address: http://www.act-intl.org



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