Overview
- Rescuers around Maumere reported finding 20 dead after the quake on Saturday, August 15, and said several people were injured and some remained trapped under rubble.
- Indonesia's disaster agency (BNPB) said about 2,000 residents were evacuated in Nagekeo and that it was still compiling damage and casualty figures.
- Landslides and damaged roads have blocked ground access to the hardest-hit Nagekeo area, forcing rescue teams to try alternate routes including ferry crossings.
- Short tsunami waves under one meter were recorded after the quake and an initial tsunami warning was canceled about three hours later.
- A separate, moderate quake struck Granada province in Spain late on 14–15 August and was widely felt there, with Spain's IGN putting magnitude at 4.8 and the USGS reporting 5.2.