Two Earthquakes struck Indonesia’s Sumba island today; Sulawesi death toll goes up to 844
Two Earthquakes struck Indonesia’s Sumba island today; Sulawesi death toll goes up to 844
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Jakarta: Even before the island could edge back from the upshot of a substantial 7.5 earthquake and following tsunami, two quakes struck in sudden sequence on the southern coast of Indonesia’s Sumba island on Tuesday morning. The trivial but rather strong earthquake measuring 5.9 struck around 40 kilometres off Sumba that house around 750,000 people. It was followed by a stronger 6.0 magnitute quake in the same location at a depth of 30 kilometres.

Disaster agencies are yet to find out if there was any instantaneous smash up or casualty after today's quake.Worth mention here  Sumba locates around 1,600 kilometres south of Sulawesi island which was struck by a destructive quake and tsunami on Friday.

At a church in central Sulawesi that had been hit by a landslide following the quake last week, the Red Cross made a fresh finding according to this a total of 34 bodies were found by the team.Indonesia Red Cross spokeswoman said that 86 students had initially been reported missing from a Bible camp at the Jonooge Church Training Centre. The bodies of the students have been heaved from the landslide-swamped church.

The new finding has added to the death toll from Friday’s disaster, when a powerful earthquake sent a devastating tsunami smashing into the seaside city of Palu. At least 844 people are already reportedly known to have lost their lives, but officials say the number is likely to go up and will cross thousands.

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