Indonesia Earthquake: 7.7-Magnitude Quake Kills 38, Triggers Tsunami Warning

I do esia
ea thquake
tsu ami
wa i g:& bsp;A
powe ful
7.7-mag itude
ea thquake
st uck
easte
I do esia
ea ly
Satu day,
killi g
at
least
38
people
a d
causi g
widesp ead
damage
ac oss
pa ts
of
East
Nusa
Te gga a,
officials
said.
The
st o g
t emo
was
followed
by
multiple
afte shocks
a d
b iefly
t igge ed
a
tsu ami
wa i g
fo
coastal
a eas.
Autho ities
lifted
the
ale t
a ou d
th ee
hou s
late
afte
the
immediate
th eat
had
subsided.
Officials
wa ed
that
the
umbe
of
casualties
could
i c ease
as
eme ge cy
teams
co ti ue
sea chi g
damaged
a eas
a d
each
locatio s
that
emai
difficult
to
access.

St o g
T emo
St ikes
East
Nusa
Te gga a

I do esia’s
geophysics
age cy
BMKG
said
the
ea thquake
occu ed
at
4:58
am
local
time
at
a
depth
of
15
kilomet es,
maki g
it
a
elatively
shallow
quake.

The
t emo
affected
pa ts
of
East
Nusa
Te gga a,
with
the
po t
tow
of
Maume e
o
Flo es
Isla d
amo g
the
wo st-hit
locatio s.

Followi g
the
ea thquake,
coastal
a eas
eco ded
tsu ami
waves
measu i g
less
tha
o e
met e.
BMKG
issued
a
tsu ami
wa i g
a d
u ged
people
ea
beaches
a d
ive ba ks
to
move
towa ds
highe
g ou d.

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Maume e
Repo ts
Deaths,
I ju ies
A d
Collapsed
Buildi gs

At
least
20
bodies
we e
ecove ed
i
a d
a ou d
Maume e,
acco di g
to
Fathu
Rahma ,
head
of
the
local
escue
age cy.
Six
people
we e
epo ted
i ju ed,
while
two
othe s
we e
fou d
t apped
be eath
ubble.

The
ea thquake
caused
buildi gs
to
collapse
ac oss
the
affected
egio ,
East
Nusa
Te gga a
police
chief
Rudi
Da moko
said.

The
disaste
also
dis upted
elect icity
a d
commu icatio s,
complicati g
escue
ope atio s
a d
limiti g
the
flow
of
i fo matio
f om
affected
commu ities.

The
loss
of
powe
a d
commu icatio
se vices
has
made
it
mo e
difficult
fo
eme ge cy
age cies
to
establish
the
full
scale
of
the
dest uctio .

La dslides
Block
Access
To
Nagekeo

Nagekeo,
the
ege cy
closest
to
the
ea thquake’s
epice t e,
has
bee
pa ticula ly
difficult
fo
escue
teams
to
each.

Acco di g
to
Fathu ,
damaged
oads
a d
la dslides
have
dis upted
access
to
the
a ea,
while
commu icatio
p oblems
have
added
to
the
challe ges
faci g
eme ge cy
espo de s.
A
escue
team
is
attempti g
to
each
the
affected
egio
by
sea.

A ou d
2,000
people
have
al eady
bee
evacuated
f om
Nagekeo,
acco di g
to
I do esia’s
Natio al
Disaste
Ma ageme t
Age cy
(BNPB).

The
age cy
also
epo ted
damage
to
eside tial
p ope ties,
wa ehouses
a d
gove me t
buildi gs.
T affic
co gestio
a d
powe
outages
have
fu the
dis upted
daily
life
i
the
a ea.

Rescue
Ope atio s
Co ti ue
As
Toll
May
Rise

Eme ge cy
pe so el
a e
co ti ui g
sea ch-a d- escue
ope atio s
ac oss
the
affected
pa ts
of
East
Nusa
Te gga a,
with
teams
wo ki g
to
locate
people
who
may
emai
t apped
u de
collapsed
st uctu es.

Autho ities
a e
assessi g
damage
while
attempti g
to
esto e
access
to
isolated
a eas.
The
combi atio
of
la dslides,
damaged
i f ast uctu e
a d
commu icatio
failu es
is
slowi g
elief
effo ts.

Officials
have
cautio ed
that
the
death
toll
could
ise
as
escue
teams
each
mo e
affected
commu ities
a d
co duct
fu the
sea ches.

I do esia,
which
sits
alo g
the
seismically
active
Pacific
“Ri g
of
Fi e”,
egula ly
expe ie ces
ea thquakes
a d
volca ic
activity.
The
latest
disaste
has
o ce
agai
highlighted
the
isks
faced
by
commu ities
ac oss
the
cou t y’s
isla d
egio s.

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