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Latest update from The Guardian World: Authorities issued a tsunami warning, which has since been lifted, but there were at least 235 aftershocks, including one of magnitude 6. Latest update from BBC World: Powerful magnitude 7. Quake struck Flores region early on Saturday, prompting thousands to seek higher ground for fear of a tsunami A 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Indonesia has killed at least 40 people, causing widespread panic and collapsing buildings and homes in a region prone to deadly seismic events. Authorities issued a tsunami warning, which has since been lifted, but there were at least 235 aftershocks, including one of magnitude 6.1. Indonesian authorities said that monitoring showed no significant sea level changes that could indicate a tsunami. Tsunami waves of 1.5 metres (3ft) were recorded in several areas. The Indonesian geophysics agency, BMKG, recorded the first quake at 4.58am on Saturday local time at a depth of 9 miles (15km) in the country’s Flores region.
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Rescuers around the port town of Maumere found 20 people dead, six severely injured and two trapped under the rubble, said Fathur Rahman, the head of the city’s rescue agency.
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Latest update from The Guardian World: Authorities issued a tsunami warning, which has since been lifted, but there were at least 235 aftershocks, including one of magnitude 6. Latest update from BBC World: Powerful magnitude 7. Quake struck Flores region early on Saturday, prompting thousands to seek higher ground for fear of a tsunami A 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Indonesia has killed at least 40 people, causing widespread panic and collapsing buildings and homes in a region prone to deadly seismic events. Authorities issued a tsunami warning, which has since been lifted, but there were at least 235 aftershocks, including one of magnitude 6.1. Indonesian authorities said that monitoring showed no significant sea level changes that could indicate a tsunami. Tsunami waves of 1.5 metres (3ft) were recorded in several areas. The Indonesian geophysics agency, BMKG, recorded the first quake at 4.58am on Saturday local time at a depth of 9 miles (15km) in the country’s Flores region.
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