Flores earthquake toll reaches 156 as 102,243 homes are affected
A BNPB dashboard accessed on October 27 recorded 156 deaths and 1,620 people injured or sick in the Flores earthquake sequence. NTT logged 102,243 aff…
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BMKG sets safer rebuilding rules for Flores after earthquake
BMKG said Flores was stable enough for rehabilitation and reconstruction to begin, with geophysical and soil data guiding earthquake-resistant rebuild…
Flores advocacy team serves legal notice over earthquake response
A Flores disaster victims’ advocacy team served a legal notice on seven government institutions over alleged negligence after the August earthquake, d…
Manggarai Barat revises earthquake home-damage figures
After residents’ objections, Manggarai Barat’s revised earthquake-damage data listed 448 heavily damaged, 1,589 moderately damaged and 4,580 lightly d…
IWAPI Ende urges women entrepreneurs to rebuild after Flores earthquake
IWAPI Ende chair Selfi Indradewa urged women-led businesses to recover after the Flores earthquake at a 12 October inauguration. The branch had 20 mem…
Southwest Sumba earthquake revised to magnitude 5.9, no tsunami potential
BMKG revised the earthquake from an initial magnitude of 6.1 to 5.9, said it had no tsunami potential and recorded 62 aftershocks by 8:05 a.m. local t…
Undana expands Flores earthquake mental-health response
Universitas Nusa Cendana reported expanded mental-health support for earthquake-affected Flores communities and said its fifth response team had been…
Labuan Bajo school resumes classes after light earthquake damage
SMK Stella Maris in Labuan Bajo resumed normal classes on 29 September after an evaluation found lightly damaged buildings suitable for teaching, with…
What 17,073 Flores aftershocks mean for regional risk
BMKG said the Flores sequence had produced 17,073 aftershocks by 5 a.m. on September 21, after the August 15 magnitude 7.7 earthquake. The largest mea…
M4.8 earthquake strikes offshore northeast of Mbay; BMKG rules out tsunami
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck offshore northeast of Mbay, Nagekeo, on 22 September. BMKG said tsunami modelling found no tsunami potential and cou…
Flores Island Indonesia: where it is, how big it is and why it matters
Flores Island is eastern Indonesia’s long, mountainous gateway to Komodo, with a population of about 2 million and a 2026 earthquake that pushed it in…
Sikka tuna and skipjack fishery returns to export channels after Flores quake
Tuna and skipjack catches in Sikka Regency have returned to export channels after the 15 August Flores earthquake, according to local reporting and di…
Ende reports Rp16 billion of presidential quake aid absorbed for Flores recovery
Authorities in Ende say around Rp16 billion of a Rp20 billion presidential assistance allocation for Flores earthquake recovery has already been absor…
Magnitude 4.7 quake off Ruteng felt across western Flores
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck off the coast north of Ruteng in Manggarai on Friday night, 18 September 2026.
Flores aftershock tally hits 15,722 as seismic activity begins to decay
Indonesia’s meteorology agency says 15,722 aftershocks have rattled Flores in the 30 days since the 15 August magnitude 7.7 quake, with 190 felt by re…
