At least 38 people have perished in a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck off the temblor-prone Indonesian coast early Saturday, collapsing buildings and homes and injuring dozens of residents.
Authorities initially issued a tsunami warning, urging coastal residents to move to higher ground. However, that notice was lifted when quake scientists reported that monitoring showed no sea level changes, NPR reported.
According to NPR:
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit Indonesia’s Flores region with a depth of 10 kilometers (six miles) at 5:58 a.m. local time. Its epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) north-northwest of the city of Ende…
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