ENDE, Indonesia — Rescuers in eastern Indonesia were combing through collapsed buildings Monday to find anyone who might still be trapped under rubble after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that killed at least 53 people, as the Southeast Asian nation marks its Independence Day reeling from the impact of fresh tremors.
\n\nThe disaster Saturday in the province of East Nusa Tenggara was the country’s deadliest since a 2022 quake killed hundreds in West Java. The official death toll was at 53 as of late Sunday.
\n\nThe quake also caused landslides and blocked roads across Indonesia’s southernmost province, including the regions of Sikka and Manggarai.
\n\nThousands were evacuated, with many sheltering in tents outdoors and afraid to return to their homes due to fears of aftershocks.
\n\nThere were nearly 1,600 aftershocks in the province as of Monday, local media reported the geophysics agency chief as saying. The agency reported a 5.6 quake in Nagekeo region, near the initial epicenter, on Monday morning.
\n\nIn the parking lot of a damaged health center littered with tents and hospital beds in a village close to the quake-affected Ende region, Firmus Woge, a 64-year-old farmer, was being treated for his asthma, aggravated by the panic setting in…
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