East Nusa Tenggara s Sumba Island hit by 5.2-magnitude quake 16 hours ago
The map of the 5.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Sumba Island, East Nusa Tenggara Province, on Wednesday (July 7) . ANTARA/HO-BMKG) Jakarta (ANTARA) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 struck Sumba Island in East Nusa Tenggara Province on Wednesday morning, according to the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).
The epicenter of the earthquake, which hit at 7:38 West Indonesia Time (WIB), was located at 9.48 degrees southern latitude and 119.71 degrees eastern longitude, or 20 kilometers northeast of Walbakul, East Nusa Tenggara, at a depth of 49 kilometers, the agency stated.
No early tsunami warning was issued, the agency noted.
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Cyclone Seroja child survivors in Lembata begin to recover
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5 May 2021
A month has passed since the flash flood and landslide that was caused by Cyclone Seroja hit the East Nusa Tenggara Province, which has also hit the Lembata District. After undergoing an emergency phase, the Lembata district has now entered the recovery phase, as announced by the local government in late April.
Following this, Yayasan Plan International Indonesia (Plan Indonesia), a humanitarian organisation that has been working in Lembata since 2006 with approximately 10 thousand sponsored children in the region, joins the effort of recovery. Especially, the focus is on providing recovery support to sponsored children and their families who are most impacted by the disaster.
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Immediate Aid Needed to Assist Lembata Children Survivor in the Seroja Tropical Cyclone Disaster
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A series of disasters caused by the Seroja tropical cyclone, which ranged from flash flood to landslide, swept the East Nusa Tenggara Province (NTT), Indonesia, on Saturday (3/4). A lot of lives, which include children s, as well as infrastructures in Lembata district in NTT are greatly affected by this disaster.
Yayasan Plan International Indonesia (Plan Indonesia), a humanitarian organisation that has been working in Lembata since 2006, noted that at least 2,227 out approximately 10,000 sponsored children (1,186 girls and 1,041 boys) and their families are affected by this series of disasters. The Plan Indonesia family is also in deep condolence as one of our sponsored children passed away in the disaster and 9 others are missing per Wednesday (14/4). The SAR team are reportedly still in search of the missing children.