Indonesia Hit By 6.5-Magnitude Quake Hours After Deadly 7.7 Tremor Kills 38

A
6.5-mag itude
ea thquake
st uck
I do esia
o
Satu day
afte oo ,
acco di g
to
the
Natio al
Ce te
fo
Seismology
(NCS).

The
t emo
occu ed
at
4:24
pm
IST
o
August
15,
with
the
NCS
epo ti g
its
locatio
at
3.043
N
latitude
a d
99.105
E
lo gitude.
The
ea thquake
occu ed
at
a
depth
of
165
km.

The
NCS
ide tified
the
locatio
as
I do esia.
The e
we e
o
immediate
epo ts
of
casualties
o
damage
followi g
the
t emo .

Ea lie
7.7-Mag itude
Quake
Kills
38

The
latest
ea thquake
came
o
the
same
day
as
a
much
mo e
dest uctive
7.7-mag itude
ea thquake
that
st uck
the
Flo es
egio
ea lie
o
Satu day.

At
least
38
people
we e
killed
a d
13
i ju ed
afte
the
powe ful
ea thquake
st uck
Nagekeo
dist ict
i
East
Nusa
Te gga a,
acco di g
to
I do esia’s
disaste
ma ageme t
age cy.

Two
of
those
i ju ed
we e
i
se ious
co ditio ,
while
11
suffe ed
mi o
i ju ies.
A ou d
2,000
eside ts
evacuated
the
affected
a eas.

Buildi gs
Collapse,
La dslides
Repo ted

The
7.7-mag itude
ea thquake
caused
buildi gs
to
collapse
a d
t igge ed
la dslides.
Seve al
oads
we e
cut
off,
while
escue
ope atio s
we e
affected
by
commu icatio
a d
access
p oblems.

A
tsu ami
wa i g
was
issued
afte
the
ea thquake
but
was
late
lifted
afte
autho ities
fou d
o
sig ifica t
co ti ui g
th eat.

Rescue
teams
have
bee
wo ki g
to
each
a eas
ea
the
epice t e
as
autho ities
co ti ue
to
assess
the
exte t
of
the
damage.
Seve al
afte shocks
we e
also
epo ted
followi g
the
mai
ea thquake.

Two
Ea thquakes
We e
Sepa ate
Eve ts

The
two
ea thquakes
epo ted
o
Satu day
we e
ot
the
same
eve t.

The
deadly
7.7-mag itude
ea thquake
st uck
ea
Flo es
i
easte
I do esia,
while
the
6.5-mag itude
ea thquake
epo ted
by
I dia’s
NCS
occu ed
at
a
much
g eate
depth
a d
at
a
diffe e t
locatio .

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