Earthquake refugees Dieng Start Leaving The Refuge

Banjarnegara - The Dieng quake refugees who are in the 7-point gradually returned back to their homes. Number of refugees had about 5,000 people and is spread across seven refugee camps now have started to decrease approximately 3,000 people.

"From our observations this morning, some refugees have started to leave the refugee camps, but there is also the last," said Chief Executive BPBDs Daily Banjarnegara, Central Java, Tarsiman, told reporters on Sunday (04/21/2013).

Fauzan (55), Kepakisan villagers displaced in evacuation shelters Village Hall Wetan Dieng said he came home to see the condition of the house were damaged by the earthquake.

"I just want to see my house is damaged, while carrying the necessary needs in the camp. Later I returned to the evacuation because the house was broken and I did not dare to occupy it," said Fauzan, who live in refugee camps along with eight members of his family.

He hoped that the government provided assistance to repair homes damaged.
"If there is support from the government is obviously very meaningful to us, because until now we are still afraid to move in," he said.

The earthquake occurred at around 18:58 pm Friday. Started at 7:00 p.m. to 20:03 pm, and recorded 160 earthquakes felt in almost all regions of the Dieng Plateau with MMI scale III-V.

Head of Geophysics Station Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Banjarnegara, Ahmad Lani, said the earthquake that rocked the Dieng Plateau measuring 4.8 on the Richter Scale (SR). The epicenter was located at 7.29 south latitude and 109.88 east longitude, or 11 kilometers northwest of Wonosobo with a depth of 10 kilometers. This includes tectonic earthquake and predicted its center in the village of Tanji Autumn, District Onions. Tremors felt in Banjarnagera, Wonosobo, Trunk with a duration of 5-30 seconds per earthquake.