Jakarta, <strong><em>NU Online</em></strong><br /> The Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) of the Indonesia's largest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama has helped the victims of a strong earthquake striking Bima town of the province of West Nusa Tenggara Monday (9/11) morning.<br /> <br /> Avianto Muhtadi of the CBDRM visited Bima on Sunday (29/11), saying that the assistance given to the victims included building materials for physical rehabilitation especially in Ambalawi subdistrict.<><br /> <br /> "This program is conducted and managed by the NU Branch Board of Bima. For the NU Branch Board of Bima, this program is prioritized for some 30 family heads from the 150 most destructive houses," he said.<br /> <br /> As identifying required assistance needed by the victims, Avianto was accompanied by Rusdin M. Nur, secretary of the NU Family Prosperity Institution, H. Latif, chairman of the NU Branch Board of Bima, and Sahbuddin.<br /> <br /> As reported, the 6.7-magnitude quake has injured 38 people. Its powerful jolt has collapsed houses, school buildings and a health clinic, official informed.&nbsp; <br /> <br /> "Thirty-eight people have been injured and they are being treated at Bima General Hospital," an official from the health ministry Rustam Pakaya said, adding that he could not confirm any fatality yet.<br /> <br /> The quake occurred at 02.41 Jakarta time (1941 GMT Sunday) with its epicentre located at 28 km southwest Raba of West Nusa Tenggara province and at 25 km depth, an official said.<br /> <br /> The quake triggered panic among the residents of Bima, said Kusnadi, an official in-charge at the Bima Military Command.<br /> <br /> "People here were panicked, they rushed out from their homes. So far we get (the) report that only the fence of a building (has) collapsed," he told Xinhua over phone from Bima.<br /> <br /> The quake comes as Indonesia is undertaking reconstruction works in the Indonesian provinces of West Sumatra and West Java after they were hit by 7.6 and 7.3-magnitudes of quakes respectively in the recent past. More than one thousand people were killed in these quakes. (mad)

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