Indonesian quake victims recall moments of survival after 7.7 quake claims 53 lives

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChLtXXpo4Ge1ReTEboVvTDg https://ift.tt/eoq4H67 At least 53 people have died and around 5,000 others have been evacuated after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked eastern Indonesia on Saturday, the country's disaster mitigation agency said on Sunday. The quake, followed by some 341 aftershocks, is the Southeast Asian nation's worst in years. In 2022, hundreds were killed by an earthquake in West Java. The East Nusa Tenggara government is considering declaring an emergency for the province, BNPB said, which would allow authorities to mobilize resources and funding. Indonesia, a sprawling archipelago of 290 million people, straddles the "Pacific Ring of Fire", a seismically active zone where tectonic plates meet, triggering frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on TikTok HERE: https://ift.tt/yxhz0CS #GlobalNews #indonesia