Another Indonesia Quake Kills 3500

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits central Indonesia, killing more than 3,500. The quake struck at 5:45 am on May 27, 2006.

Desperate relatives searched rubble for survivors after the powerful earthquake flattened nearly all the buildings in a rice-farming town while residents slept, on Indonesia's densely populated Java island.

The quake wounded thousands more and is the nation's worst disaster since the 2004 tsunami. It also triggered fears that a rumbling volcano nearby would erupt.

Indonesian officials say that more than 200,000 have lost their homes in what was the third major quake to hit the impoverished Indian Ocean archipelago in 18 months. Battered and numbed survivors are now stretching the region's medical services to extreme limits. Battered and numbed survivors are now stretching the region's medical services to extreme limits.

Local hospitals and services have been overwhelmed by the thousands of casualties. There is a desperate need to mobilize resources to assist those who have been injured, those in need of shelter, and children who have lost family members.

Human Assistance & Development International (HADI), parent organization of IslamiCity is working with trusted NGO's on the ground to provide assistance to the victims of the disaster.

This new earthquake compounds the tragedy that has already effected several hundred thousand people.

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