Indonesia declares state of emergency after quake

An excavator removes debris from the ruins of a house at the Imogiri district in Bantul, near Yogyakarta, May 28, 2006. Rescue workers dug desperately for survivors on Sunday and hospitals struggled to cope with the thousands of injured, a day after an earthquake killed more than 4,600 people on Indonesia's Java island. (Dwi Oblo/Reuters)

Reuters Photo: An excavator removes debris from the ruins of a house at the Imogiri district in...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - The Indonesian government declared a state of emergency after an earthquake killed more than 4,600 people on Java island and pledged to complete "reconstruction and rehabilitation" within a year.

Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla said after a cabinet meeting that the three-month emergency period was aimed at providing food, healthcare and shelter to an estimated 50,000 people displaced by the disaster.