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Local authorities initiate 14-day emergency response to accelerate rescue operations<\/span><\/h1>\n

JAKARTA \u2014 Indonesian authorities have declared a 14-day emergency response period following a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck the island of Flores on Saturday.<\/h3>\n

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East Nusa Tenggara Governor Melki Laka Lena confirmed the state of emergency, emphasizing that the focus is currently on accelerating search and rescue efforts and restoring critical infrastructure.<\/h3>\n

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While detailed reports on casualties are still being gathered, emergency teams have been deployed to assess the damage in remote areas. The government has urged citizens to remain vigilant as aftershocks continue to be a concern for the region.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Local authorities initiate 14-day emergency response to accelerate rescue operations JAKARTA \u2014 Indonesian authorities have declared a 14-day emergency response period following a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck the island of Flores on Saturday. Twin Earthquakes Devastate Venezuela: 188 Dead, 30,000 Reported Missing East Nusa Tenggara Governor Melki Laka Lena confirmed the state of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,76],"tags":[273,940,939,938,941],"class_list":["post-1424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-world","tag-earthquake","tag-emergency","tag-flores","tag-indonesia","tag-natural-disaster"],"yoast_head":"\nMagnitude 7.7 quake strikes Flores, Indonesia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"East Nusa Tenggara Governor has declared a 14-day emergency after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Flores, causing infrastructure damage.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/indonesia-flores-earthquake\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Magnitude 7.7 quake strikes Flores, Indonesia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"East Nusa Tenggara Governor has declared a 14-day emergency after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Flores, causing infrastructure damage.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/indonesia-flores-earthquake\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NayaUjala\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-17T03:43:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/indoensia-earthquake.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/indonesia-flores-earthquake\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/indonesia-flores-earthquake\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/680490240b0d32ee2cef1cc57d8549b7\"},\"headline\":\"Magnitude 7.7 quake strikes Flores, Indonesia; 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