{"id":66770,"date":"2026-08-24T11:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T11:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/66770"},"modified":"2026-08-24T11:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T11:04:18","slug":"indonesia-says-death-toll-from-august-15-earthquake-reaches-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/66770","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia says death toll from August 15 earthquake reaches 100"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.6\">\n<p><strong>JAKARTA: The death toll from an earthquake that hit eastern \u200bIndonesia reached 100 on Monday, the \u200cdisaster agency chief said, as relief operations continued for a 10th day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 7.7-magnitude quake \u200bshook the province of East \u200bNusa Tenggara on August 15, followed \u2060by thousands of aftershocks, damaging \u200bmore than 73,000 homes and forcing \u200bthe evacuation of about 180,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>The death toll reached 100 as more people undergoing \u200btreatment succumbed to their injuries, \u200bdisaster agency chief Suharyanto said in a press \u200cconference, \u2060adding more than 1,600 people were injured.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities were distributing aid using helicopters, trucks, and motorcycles, Suharyanto said.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bearthquake was \u200bIndonesia\u2019s deadliest \u2060since 2022, when a shallow 5.6-magnitude quake killed \u200bhundreds in West Java.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia, an \u200barchipelago \u2060of 290 million people, straddles the \u201cPacific Ring of Fire\u201d, a seismically active \u2060zone \u200bwhere tectonic plates meet \u200band earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are frequent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/indonesia-says-death-toll-from-august-15-earthquake-reaches-100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAKARTA: The death toll from an earthquake that hit eastern \u200bIndonesia reached 100 on Monday, the \u200cdisaster agency chief said, as relief operations continued for a 10th day. The 7.7-magnitude quake \u200bshook the province of East \u200bNusa Tenggara on August 15, followed \u2060by thousands of aftershocks, damaging \u200bmore than 73,000 homes and forcing \u200bthe evacuation of about 180,000 people. 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