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Thousands evacuated as Indonesia quake death toll rises to 53

Thousands of people have been evacuated after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake hit eastern Indonesia, killing at least 53 people, blocking roads and causing landslides.

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Thousands of people have been evacuated after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake hit eastern Indonesia, killing at least 53 people, blocking roads and causing landslides. Search operations continue in Indonesia after 7.7 magnitude earthquake Around 5,000 people have been evacuated after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake smashed an area in eastern Indonesia, killing at least 53, blocking roads and causing landslides, authorities said on Sunday. They said more than 130 people had been injured, many with broken bones. More than 3,300 people in the Sikka region self-evacuated or were in a sports arena, according to the disaster mitigation agency BNPB. Some Sikka residents were stranded outside collapsed homes under a makeshift tent made out of tarp, while some people received treatment in a tent outside a hospital in the port town of Maumere. "I only brought my body," Abdul Mutas, 63, said after he and his family slept on a tarp surrounded by trees in the town of Sikka. "The tides were rising, so we ran," he said, describing their reaction to the quake. At a now-closed port in Maumere, littered with debris from a collapsed roof and walls, residents said they were scared of aftershocks. The disaster agency said on Sunday nearly 1,000 aftershocks had been recorded since the quake.

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From the storyThousands of people have been evacuated after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake hit eastern Indonesia, killing at least 53 people, blocking roads and causing landslides.

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From the storyThousands of people have been evacuated after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake hit eastern Indonesia, killing at least 53 people, blocking roads and causing landslides.

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From the storyThousands of people have been evacuated after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake hit eastern Indonesia, killing at least 53 people, blocking roads and causing landslides.

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From the storySearch operations continue in Indonesia after 7.7 magnitude earthquake Around 5,000 people have been evacuated after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake smashed an area in eastern Indonesia, killing at least 53, blocking roads and causing landslides, authorities said on Sunday.

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From the storyThey said more than 130 people had been injured, many with broken bones.

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