Overview
- A magnitude 7.7 quake struck off Flores on Saturday with a shallow depth of about 10–15 km, producing strong shaking and dozens of large aftershocks reported by seismic agencies.
- Indonesia’s national disaster agency raised the confirmed death toll to 47 and reported dozens injured while roughly 2,000 people evacuated coastal and affected communities.
- Authorities issued tsunami alerts immediately after the main shock but later lifted them after coastal monitoring showed no major waves, though local sea level changes up to about one metre were recorded in some areas.
- Search-and-rescue teams and helicopters have been deployed to damaged towns such as Maumere and districts in Manggarai, Sikka and Ngada, with landslides, blocked roads and power cuts slowing access to isolated villages.
- Indonesia’s location on the Pacific Ring of Fire and the quake’s shallow depth raise the risk that casualty and damage figures will climb as emergency teams reach remote island communities and complete assessments.