At
least
38
people
we e
killed
afte
a
mag itude-7.7
ea thquake
st uck
off
easte
I do esia
ea ly
Satu day,
collapsi g
buildi gs,
t igge i g
la dslides
a d
se di g
te ified
eside ts
fleei g
fo
safety,
officials
said.Videos
a d
images
ci culated
o
social
media
showed
the
scale
of
the
devastatio ,
with
buildi gs
educed
to
ubble,
thick
clouds
of
dust
isi g
f om
collapsed
st uctu es
a d
people
u i g
i to
the
st eets
as
powe ful
shaki g
swept
ac oss
the
egio .
Recue
a d
elief
ope atio s
a e
also
u de
way
ac oss
the
cou t y.
Reside ts
we e
see
gathe i g
outside
homes
a d
buildi gs,
while
patie ts
we e
moved
out
of
hospitals
as
a
p ecautio .
Eme ge cy
wo ke s
also
faced
blocked
oads
a d
damaged
i f ast uctu e
as
they
t ied
to
each
affected
a eas.
“The
quake
was
massive,
the
shock
was
so
st o g,
we
we e
esti g
at
home
with
family,”
said
No a,
a
51-yea -old
eside t
of
Talibu a,
as
quoted
by
Reute s.
The e
we e
13
of
us
i side
the
house
a d
we
all
a
to
save
ou selves,”
she
ecou ted
fu the .At
least
13
people
we e
i ju ed,
i cludi g
two
se iously,
while
about
2,000
eside ts
fled
thei
homes
to
tempo a y
shelte s,
acco di g
to
I do esia’s
Natio al
Disaste
Ma ageme t
Age cy.
The
ea thquake
also
t igge ed
la dslides
a d
powe
outages,
with
commu icatio s
dis upted
i
pa ts
of
the
affected
egio .
Rescue
teams
we e
yet
to
each
Nagekeo,
the
a ea
closest
to
the
epice t e,
as
la dslides
blocked
oad
access.
At
Ritapi et
Semi a y,
stude ts
a d
u s
fled
as
the
oof
of
a
assembly
hall
collapsed
du i g
mo i g
Mass.
“Ou
stude ts
a d
u s
a
out
i
pa ic
be eath
a
collapsi g
oof,”
said
Rev.
Guidelbe tus
Ta ga,
the
semi a y’s
ecto .Read
mo e:
At
least
38
killed
afte
powe ful
7.7
quake
hits
Flo es
isla d
–
top
developme tsA
tsu ami
wa i g
issued
fo
pa ts
of
easte
I do esia
was
lifted
about
th ee
hou s
afte
the
quake.
Waves
of
less
tha
o e
met e
we e
eco ded
i
seve al
a eas.Late ,
i
the
afte oo ,
a othe
6.8
mag itude
ea thquake
shook
the
cou t y
ea
No the
Sumat a,
acco di g
to
GFZ.
