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  "id": 1197590,
  "title": "Thousands evacuate after Indonesia quake kills 51, cuts roads",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/thousands-evacuate-after-indonesia-quake-kills-51-cuts-roads-1197590",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T04:47:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
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    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260816/thousands-evacuate-after-indonesia-quake-kills-51-cuts-roads"
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  "account": "SIKKA, Indonesia - Approximately 5,000 individuals were evacuated following a magnitude-7.7 earthquake that struck an area in eastern Indonesia, resulting in at least 51 fatalities, obstructing roads, and triggering landslides, according to authorities on Sunday. Thirty-six people sustained severe injuries during the Saturday morning quake in East Nusa Tenggara province, while 77 experienced minor injuries, Deputy Health Minister Benjamin Paulus Octavianus stated during a televised press conference. The earthquake, followed by around 341 aftershocks, marks the deadliest disaster in Southeast Asia since a 2022 quake that claimed hundreds of lives in West Java. Over 3,300 people in the Sikka region either chose to evacuate or sought refuge in a sports arena, reported the disaster mitigation agency BNPB. Some residents of Sikka were stranded outside collapsed homes under makeshift tents constructed from tarps, while some individuals received medical care under a tent near a hospital in the port town of Maumere. One resident, Abdul Mutas, 63, expressed his harrowing experience to Reuters, stating that he and his family slept on a tarp amidst trees in the town of Sikka, recounting their frantic response to the quake and rising tides.",
  "summary": "SIKKA, Indonesia — Around 5,000 people have been evacuated after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake smashed an area in eastern Indonesia, killing at least 51, blocking roads and causing landslides, authorities said on Sunday. Thirty-six people were seriously injured in the Saturday morning quake in East Nusa Tenggara province, while 77 had minor injuries, Deputy Health Minister Benjamin Paulus Octavianus…",
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        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "Thousands evacuate after Indonesia quake kills 51, cuts roads",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/thousands-evacuate-after-indonesia-quake-kills-51-cuts-roads-1195220",
        "published": "2026-08-16T04:30:54.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Thousands evacuate after Indonesia quake kills 51, cuts roads",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/thousands-evacuate-after-indonesia-quake-kills-51-cuts-roads-1196016",
        "published": "2026-08-16T04:42:03.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Thousands evacuate after Indonesia quake kills 51, cuts roads",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/thousands-evacuate-after-indonesia-quake-kills-51-cuts-roads-1203116",
        "published": "2026-08-16T04:55:42.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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