Indonesia commemorates victims of earthquake, tsunami 5 years ago

Scene of wreckage following an earthquake in Indonesia (Photo: AFP)

Hanoi (VNA) – A ceremony was held in Indonesia'scentral Sulawesi province on September 28 to mark five years since a massiveearthquake and tsunami hit the province, killing more than 4,300 people, withthousands of survivors still awaiting permanent relocation.

Local residents laid flowers at Talise beach inPalu, the capital of the province that was hit hardest by the magnitude 7.4quake and tsunami.

Prayers were offered at the Poboya mass grave inthe neighbouring Sigi regency where hundreds of bodies, including someunidentified, were buried following the disaster.

While some government offices andinfrastructure facilities damaged in the disaster have been rebuilt,restoration efforts are still underway, with many half-collapsed buildingsseen in Palu.

Indonesia is known to experience frequentearthquakes due to its location in the "Pacific Ring of Fire" where theEarth's tectonic plates intersect and result in numerous seismic activities./.
      

VNA