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At least 38 people died after an earthquake of magnitude 7.7 and dozens of aftershocks struck off eastern Indonesia on Saturday (Aug 15) as rescue workers rushed to save people trapped under the rubble and reach areas closest to the epicentre.

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00:03Rescue personnel rushed to locate survivors trapped under the rubble in the cities of
00:08Sika and Mau Mere in Indonesia's southernmost province of East Nusa Tenggara on Saturday.
00:14Indonesian authorities said at least 38 people had perished following the 7.7 magnitude earthquake
00:21and many aftershocks that hit the province early in the morning.
00:25Tsunami waves of less than one meter were recorded in several areas of the country,
00:30but the tsunami warning was lifted about three hours after the earthquake.
00:55We were worried about the problems that suddenly happened.
01:00It was amazing.
01:01When we were in 1992, the reality was that I was young, I felt it was in 1992.
01:06Then in the last year, in 2022, if I'm not mistaken, and then again.
01:10Automatic trauma, fear, there is.
01:14At the same time, there are young children.
01:17There are young children.
01:18There are young children.
01:21There are young children.
01:23There are young children.
01:23There are young children.
01:23There are young children.
01:25Authorities said rescue teams have yet to reach Nagakeyo, the region closest to the epicenter,
01:31and communication signals there had been affected.
01:34Attempts to reach Nagakeyo by car were blocked by landslides, while another team was attempting to go by ferry.
01:40They said the first earthquake struck at 5.58 a.m. local time at a depth of 15 kilometers.
01:47In 1992, the same area was hit by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people
01:55and caused an extensive destruction.
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