The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck eastern Indonesia on August 15 has risen to 100, the head of the disaster management agency said, as rescue teams continued their 10th day of efforts to find the missing.
The 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck East Nusa Tenggara province on August 15 and was followed by thousands of aftershocks that destroyed more than 73,000 homes and forced the evacuation of about 180,000 people.
The death toll reached 100 while some of the injured who had been hospitalized died, the head of the disaster management agency, Suharyanto, announced at a press conference, adding that the number of injured exceeded 1,600.
Authorities are distributing aid using helicopters, trucks and motorbikes, he said.
The earthquake was the deadliest to hit the country since 2022, when another shallow earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 killed hundreds in Java.
Indonesia, an archipelago of 290 million people, lies on the Pacific Ring of Fire, a seismically active area where tectonic plates meet, and earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are common.
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