Indonesia says death toll from August 15 earthquake reaches 100

Indonesia says death toll from August 15 earthquake reaches 100

The death ​toll from an earthquake ​that hit ‌eastern Indonesia ​reached 100 on Monday, the disaster agency chief said, as ‌relief operations continued for a 10th day. The 7.7-magnitude quake shook the province of East Nusa Tenggara on August ‌15, followed by thousands of aftershocks, damaging more ‌than 73,000 homes and forcing the evacuation of about 180,000 people.

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