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Magnitude 5.9 Aftershock Strikes Indonesia's Flores Region
A magnitude 5.9 aftershock struck Indonesia's Flores region, two days after a larger 7.7 magnitude earthquake, with the death toll from the initial quake rising to 53.
17 Aug, 01:23 — 17 Aug, 01:29
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SCMPMostly Factual8d ago
Magnitude 5.9 aftershock strikes Indonesia’s Flores as quake death toll rises to 53
An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Indonesia’s Flores region on Monday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said, hitting at a depth of 10km (six miles). The aftershock comes two days after a magnitude 7.7 quake shook six regencies on Flores, a predominantly Catholic island in the Muslim-majority country. Rescue teams in eastern Indonesia recovered six more bodies on Sunday, raising the death toll to 53, authorities said, as many of the thousands of displaced people spen...
By Reuters,Associated Press
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Indonesia’s Flores region hit by magnitude 5.87 earthquake
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