World · Flores quake7.7 Quake Off Flores Kills At Least 20 as Rescuers Race to Find SurvivorsAired August 15, 2026 at 9:48 PM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00At least 20 people are dead after a0:02shallow 7.7 magnitude earthquake [music]0:04struck off Flores Island early Saturday,0:06August 15th, with officials warning the0:09preliminary toll is expected to rise as0:11rescue continues. [music] The quake0:12measured 7.7 and hit only about 10 km0:16deep near [music] the coastal town of0:17Sikka Maumere, a shallow depth that0:20amplified shaking at the surface.0:21Shaking swept across eastern and western0:24Nusa Tenggara, damaging and collapsing0:26buildings [music] in Sikka Maumere and0:28in Labuan Bajo, the tourist hub near0:30Komodo National Park, where [music]0:32hotels were among the structures0:33damaged. A tsunami warning triggered by0:35the shallow shock was later lifted after0:37[music] no significant sea level rise0:39was detected, but dozens of aftershocks0:41followed. A joint [music] search and0:42rescue team has evacuated three victims,0:45one person who had died and two who were0:46injured, and crews [music] are still0:48digging for people trapped under rubble.0:50Officials caution all figures remain0:52preliminary while the injured are still0:53being treated and remote mountainous0:55[music] areas are still being reached0:56and assessed, a process that will0:58determine how high the final toll1:00climbs.1:01Like and follow for more stories that1:02matter.Explore with HeyDexThe shortThe short ↗