Two dead after powerful 7.7-magnitude quake hits Indonesia
JAKARTA: A powerful 7.7-magnitude quake that struck east Indonesia early on Saturday killed two people, an emergency services official said, as the extent of the damage unfolded.
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia's Flores Island early on Saturday. The epicenter was located 68 kilometers northwest of the city of Ende in East Nusa Tenggara province, at a depth of 10 kilometers.
The earthquake was followed by two strong aftershocks in the same area, measuring 5.6 and 5.9 in magnitude, according to Free Malaysia Today. Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency warned of the possibility of tsunami waves being generated by the quake.
Two people, a man and a woman, were killed in the earthquake, a disaster agency spokesman told reporters in Jakarta, according to the New Straits Times. Residents in vulnerable coastal areas were advised to evacuate to higher ground.
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