At least 38 people are dead and six injured after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia's Flores region early Saturday morning. The quake caused buildings and homes to collapse into dust and rubble, triggering panic in a region prone to deadly seismic activity.
Rescue operations are currently underway, though efforts are being hampered by power outages, widespread destruction, and ongoing aftershocks. Emanuel Melkiades Laka Lena, the governor of East Nusa Tenggara Province, reported that five people died in their sleep from collapsing rubble. Earlier, the national disaster mitigation agency BNPB reported one death and four others in a different status.
Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami warning following the quake, which was later lifted. Despite the lifting of the warning, Nelly Florida Riama, a deputy director for geophysics at Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, warned that aftershocks continue to occur. The event underscores the persistent risk for Indonesia, which is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire.
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