Earthquake in Indonesia

[Karl_3000]

It happened today in early Saturday, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake. 38 people have died because of the disaster and the official death toll is rising.

The quake struck the island of Flores shortly before 05:00 local time on Saturday (22:00 GMT on Friday). It had a depth of 15km, Indonesia's meteorology and geophysics agency stated.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y0zz63gero

[Opiate32]

It is very sad to see the number of casualties rising, hopefully the rescue team can reach those who are still trapped and more lives can be saved.

Earthquake are scary because there is really nothing anyone can do once it starts. The only thing that matters is how prepared people are before  something like this happens especially in countries and areas that are earthquake prone. Proper emergency response needs to be made and also people knowing what to do before and when this earthquake happens can save a lot of lives.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Indonesia is one of the most earthquake prone countries in the world. Along with Japan and the Philippines, they are among the countries most prone to earthquakes, as they all lie on the Pacific ring of fire. This is a geographic region where most of the world's volcanoes and major seismic fault are concentrated.

I read about this news and happened to come across another report. Flores was the site of a devastating earthquake and tsunami in 1992 that killed more than 2000 people.
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.ngdc.mgg.photos:45

Earthquakes, tsunamis and natural disasters are really hard to fight against. As long as human keep destroying the environment for their own ambition, we will continue to face more disaster and increasingly serious consequences.