Indonesia Earthquake: Death Toll Rises To 68 As 7.7-Magnitude Quake Shadows Independence Day

Edited
by:
Natalie
Mulle

The
death
toll
f om
the
7.7-mag itude
ea thquake
which
hit
easte
I do esia
this
weeke d
ose
to
at
least
68
o
Mo day,
casti g
a
shadow
ove
the
cou t y’s
I depe de ce
Day
celeb atio s.

Ove
100
mo e
people
have
bee
i ju ed
but
local
autho ities
do
ot
believe
a ybody
is
missi g.

The
quake’s
epice te
was
located
off
the
coast
of
the
isla d
of
Flo es
at
a
shallow
depth
of
10
kilomete s
(6.2
miles)
o
Satu day,
the
US
Geological
Su vey
(USGS)
said.

It
has
si ce
bee
followed
by
almost
1,600
smalle
afte shocks,
i cludi g
a
5.6-mag itude
jolt
o
Mo day
mo i g.

A
tsu ami
wa i g
fo
pa ts
of
East
Nusa
Te gga a,
West
Nusa
Te gga a,
South
Sulawesi
a d
Southeast
Sulawesi
p ovi ces,
u gi g
eside ts
to
stay
away
f om
beaches
a d
ive ba ks,
was
late
lifted.

But
a ou d
500
houses
have
bee
damaged
a d
oads
have
bee
blocked
by
la dslides,
leavi g
a ou d
12,800
people
o
Flo es
u able
to
etu
to
thei
homes.

I do esia
eside ts:
‘We
eed
aid
as
soo
as
possible’

“Ou
houses
a e
o
lo ge
i habitable,
because
ma y
have
collapsed
a d
a e
full
of
c acks,
so
we
ca ‘t
go
i side
a ymo e,”
o e
eside t
told
the
AFP
ews
age cy
outside
a
self-made
te t
that
was
sleepi g
about
30
people.

“We
o ly
go
back
home
to
get
wate ,
clothes,
pillows,
a d
the
we
spe d
the
ights
he e.”

Othe
eside ts
complai ed
to
the
Reute s
ews
age cy
about
poo
co ditio s
i
such
te ts,
with
some
child e
co t acti g
dia hea
a d
at
least
o e
olde
pe so
suffe i g
a
st oke.

“I
ca
o ly
eat
ice
with
othi g
else,”
said
o e
you g
mothe
whose
baby
was
w apped
i
a
b ow
bla ket
i
the
back
of
a
pickup
t uck.
“We
eed
aid
as
soo
as
possible.
⁠We
a e
​just
salt
fa me s.”

I do esia:
how
is
the
gove me t
espo di g?

O
Su day
eve i g,
I do esia’s
disaste
mitigatio
age cy,
k ow
as
BNPB,
said
the
I do esia
Ai
Fo ce
was
p epa i g
to
b i g
13
to s
of
eme ge cy
aid
to
the
egio .

The
cou t y’s
deputy
health
mi iste ,
Be jami
Paulus
⁠Octavia us,
said
the
milita y
was
also
pla i g
to
co st uct
a
eme ge cy
field
hospital
but
said
eu osu geo s
a d
o thopedic
su geo s
we e
eeded
to
t eat
head
i ju ies
a d
b oke
bo es.

The
ea thquake
is
I do esia’s
deadliest
disaste
si ce
a
2022
quake
killed
hu d eds
i
West
Java,
a d
has
ove shadowed
the
cou t y’s
I depe de ce
Day
celeb atio s
ma ki g
i depe de ce
f om
Japa ese
ule
i
1945.

P eside t
P abowo
Subia to
ma ked
the
occasio
by
p esidi g
ove
celeb atio s
i
the
capital,
Jaka ta,
about
1,500
kilomete s
(930
miles)
west
of
the
​disaste
zo e.

But
the
festivities
we e
the
last
thi g
o
the
mi d
of
eside ts
affected
by
the
ea thquake,
with
o e
fathe
telli g
Reute s:
“I’m
ot
thi ki g
about
that
a ymo e.
I’m
just
thi ki g
about
the
safety
of
my
wife
a d
4-yea -old
twi s.”

I do esia’s
histo y
of
ea thquakes

I do esia
is
located
o
the
so-called
“Ri g
of
Fi e,”
a
egio
of
heighte ed
seismic
activity
i
the
Pacific
basi
that
st etches
f om
Southeast
Asia
to
Japa .

He e
a e
some
of
the
biggest
ea thquakes
to
st ike
the
egio :

• 
  1992,
  mag itude
  7:A
  tsu ami
  followi g
  a
  st o g
  ea thquake
  o
  the
  southeaste
  isla d
  of
  Flo es
  killed
  about
  2,500
  people
• 
  2004,
  mag itude
  9.1:
  A
  quake
  st uck
  off
  the
  coast
  of
  Sumat a,
  t igge i g
  a
  tsu ami
  that
  killed
  170,000
  i
  I do esia
  a d
  220,000
  i
  seve al
  cou t ies
  i
  the
  I dia
  Ocea
• 
  2018,
  mag itude
  6.9:
  A
  t emo
  killed
  mo e
  tha
  550
  people
  o
  the
  isla ds
  of
  Lombok
  a d
  Sumbawa
• 
  2018,
  mag itude
  7.5:
  A
  quake
  a d
  a
  subseque t
  tsu ami
  i
  Palu
  o
  Sulawesi
  isla d
  left
  mo e
  tha
  4,300
  people
  dead
  o
  missi g

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