Powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake kills at least 47 in Indonesia
August 16, 2026
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BBC – At least 47 people have been killed after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Indonesia early on Saturday, the nation’s disaster mitigation agency has said.
The official death toll has been rising as a search and rescue operation gets under way. The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said several people had been injured to varying degrees.
Hundreds of buildings in the region have been damaged by the quake and the dozens of aftershocks that followed.
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