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Operation Samudra Maitri

October 5 , 2018 2166 days 756 0
  • India has launched massive humanitarian operation Samudra Maitri to provide assistance to earthquake and tsunami victims in Indonesia.
  • Under this operation, India has dispatched 2 aircraft and 3 naval ships carrying relief material and personnel to the country
    • C-130J and C-17 - aircrafts
    • INS Tir, INS Sujatha and INS Shardul
  • A shallow earthquake of magnitude 7.5 (richter scale) had struck in neck of Minahasa Peninsula, Indonesia on 28 September 2018
  • Its epicentre located in mountainous Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi. The earthquake was followed by localised tsunami which had struck capital Palu.
  • It was deadliest earthquake to strike Indonesia since 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake.
 

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