{"id":220705,"date":"2026-08-15T13:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T13:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/magnitude-7-7-quake-hits-off-coast-of-indonesia-killing-at-least-38-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T13:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T13:52:12","slug":"magnitude-7-7-quake-hits-off-coast-of-indonesia-killing-at-least-38-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/magnitude-7-7-quake-hits-off-coast-of-indonesia-killing-at-least-38-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnitude-7.7 quake hits off coast of Indonesia, killing at least 38 – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A magnitude-7.7 earthquake hit off the coast of Indonesia in the eastern Flores region, the United States Geological Survey reported on Friday<\/a>.
The epicenter was 42 miles north-northwest of the city of Ende in East Nusa Tenggara province.
There are \u201c38 fatalities, two people seriously injured, 11 with minor injuries,\u201d the head of the \u200bNational Disaster Management Agency, or BNPB, told a televised press conference on Saturday, adding that approximately 2,000 people had fled to safer ground.
Earlier, \u200brescuers in the port town of Maumere found 20 dead, six injured and two trapped under the rubble, \u2060said Fathur Rahman, head of the city\u2019s rescue agency. Maumere is the main town in Sikka Regency on Flores Island in the east of \u200bIndonesia\u2019s vast archipelago.
Residents remain trapped in several buildings in earthquake-affected areas, with reports of landslides blocking several roads.
Footage on local television showed patients at several hospitals being evacuated from buildings as a precaution following the quake. Hospital staff moved equipment outdoors, including beds, IV stands and oxygen cylinders, and set up temporary treatment areas to adapt to emergency conditions.
The quake was felt across much of Flores island with initial reports indicating heavy damage.
Yohanna Embu, a resident of Sikka regency, said a number of buildings were damaged by the strong shaking and panicked people ran to higher ground.
\u201cMany buildings here were damaged … I saw that the waiting room at the port terminal in Maumere had collapsed,\u201d she said.
Indonesian authorities initially issued a tsunami warning for parts of East Nusa Tenggara, West Nusa Tenggara, South Sulawesi and Southeast Sulawesi provinces, and urged residents to stay away from beaches and riverbanks, and residents on the coastline to move to higher ground. The agency located the shallow undersea quake near Flores island.
The initial quake was followed by two aftershocks.
Yohanna Embu, a resident of Sikka, a regency within East Nusa Tenggara province, said a number of buildings were damaged by the strong shaking and panicked people ran to higher ground.
\u201cMany buildings here were damaged … I saw that the waiting room at the Pelni port terminal in Maumere had collapsed,\u201d she said.
Students at St. Peter Major Seminary in Sikka who were attending morning Mass fled in panic when the roof of an assembly hall collapsed, said the Rev. Guidelbertus Tanga, rector of the seminary, which is known locally as Ritapiret Seminary on the predominantly Catholic island of Flores.
\u201cOur students and nuns ran out in panic beneath a collapsing roof,\u201d Tanga said, \u201cAt least one priest suffered a broken leg after jumping from the second floor of a building during the quake.\u201d
Separately, Australia\u2019s tsunami warning center said the undersea earthquake will have \u201cno tsunami threat to the Australian mainland, islands or territories.\u201d
Indonesia, a vast archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, is prone to earthquakes and volcanic activity because of its location on the \u201cRing of Fire,\u201d an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin.
In December of 1992, a magnitude 7 earthquake caused a tsunami that killed about 2,500 people on the southeastern island of Flores, part of a group of islands in the eastern half of Indonesia.
The latest quake comes after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake<\/a> rocked western Colombia on Monday, causing widespread damage.
In June, deadly back-to-back earthquakes<\/a>, with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, killed more than 6,000 people in Venezuela, according to government figures<\/a>.
Babak Dehghanpisheh is an NBC News Digital international editor based in New York.
© 2026 NBCUniversal Media, LLC<\/p>\n

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