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SIKKA, Indonesia: Around 5,000 people have been evacuated after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake smashed an area in eastern Indonesia, killing at least 51, blocking roads and causing landslides, authorities said on Sunday (Aug 16).Thirty-six people were seriously injured in the Saturday morning quake in East Nusa Tenggara province, while 77 had minor injuries, Deputy Health Minister Benjamin Paulus Octavianus told a televised meeting.The quake, followed by some 341 aftershocks, is the Southeast Asian nation’s worst in years. Hundreds died after a 2022 earthquake in West Java.More than 3,300 people in the Sikka region self-evacuated or were stranded in a sports arena,…
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