Indonesian rescuers search for survivors as quake death toll rises to 38
Suharyanto said about 2,000 people had evacuated. “I have never felt an earthquake this big,” Yulian Juita Ekalia, who lives in Ruteng city more than 100km…
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The earthquake struck at 4.58 am local time, with its epicentre in the sea about 30 kilometres (km) from Mbay at a depth of 15 km. By Nik Nurfaqih Nik Wil JAKARTA, Aug 15 (Bernama) -- The death toll from the powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Indonesia’s Flores Island in East Nusa Tenggara early Saturday has climbed to 38, as rescue teams race to reach residents believed to be trapped under damaged buildings. A devastating 9.1-magnitude tremor in 2004 struck off the coast of Sumatra and triggered a tsunami that killed 220,000 throughout the region, about 170,000 of them in Indonesia, in one of the deadliest natural disasters in record history.
Furthermore, Flowers was struck by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in 1992, which triggered a tsunami and resulted in around 2,500 deaths.
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The earthquake struck at 4.58 am local time, with its epicentre in the sea about 30 kilometres (km) from Mbay at a depth of 15 km.
according to BernamaBy Nik Nurfaqih Nik Wil JAKARTA, Aug 15 (Bernama) -- The death toll from the powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Indonesia’s Flores Island in East Nusa Tenggara early Saturday has climbed to 38, as rescue teams race to reach residents believed to be trapped under damaged buildings.
according to BernamaA devastating 9.1-magnitude tremor in 2004 struck off the coast of Sumatra and triggered a tsunami that killed 220,000 throughout the region, about 170,000 of them in Indonesia, in one of the deadliest natural disasters in record history.
according to Free Malaysia TodayFlowers was struck by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in 1992, which triggered a tsunami and resulted in around 2,500 deaths.
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