Indonesia earthquake
Two dead as 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia's Sumatra
At least two people died when a 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's Sumatra island on Friday, with residents shuttling loved ones to safety.
The afternoon quake hit offshore about 45 kilometres southwest of Malang city in East Java, damaging hundreds of homes as well as schools, government offices and mosques across the region.
Doctors in hazard suits treated patients with broken limbs and other injuries at a makeshift medical centre set up outside the only one of the city's hospitals that survived relatively intact - one was flattened by the violent tremor.
At least 45 people died after the 6.2-magnitude quake struck in the early hours of Friday, triggering panic among residents of the island.
Hundreds more were injured when the 6.2-magnitude quake struck in the early hours, triggering panic among the terrified residents of Indonesia's Sulawesi island.
The magnitude 7.5 quake and subsequent deluge razed swathes of the coastal city on Sulawesi island last September, killing more than 4,300 people and displacing some 170,000 residents.
The quake struck at a depth of 24 kilometres and was centred in the Molucca Sea between north Sulawesi and north Maluku, according to the USGS.
The quake hit about 240 kilometres west of the town of Abepura in Papua province at 10:05 am local time, at a depth of 21 kilometres, according to the US Geological Survey.
The quake was about 158 kilometres south-southwest of the province's capital Jayapura at 6:42 pm, at a depth of 61 kilometres, according to the US Geological Survey.
EWN reporter Ziyanda Ngcobo takes you inside the recent Indonesia earthquake. Ngcobo travelled with NGO, Gift of the Givers, who responded to the international call for humanitarian aid in the country.
The Gift of the Givers team has closed off its mission, distributing the last batch of food parcels and revisiting medical patients seen earlier this week.
Indonesian authorities Thursday called off the search for thousands still believed missing since a powerful earthquake and tsunami devastated Palu city a fortnight ago, killing more than 2,000 people.
The 60-year-old Harina Moro has told Eyewitness News how she held onto a pillar to stay alive.
Volunteers will be building tents able to accommodate several families in one of the worst affected villages, Petobo.
This is despite President Joko Widodo’s appeal for international assistance after the powerful 7.5 magnitude quake.
A team of 32 volunteers travelling with the Gift of the Givers are in the country providing medical and humanitarian assistance and search and recovery operations.
Residents were rudely awakened by the rupture on Tuesday morning causing aid workers to evacuate their rooms and tents and run for safety.
Volunteers travelling with NGO Gift of the Givers described to Eyewitness News how they woke up to urgently evacuate their rooms and tents and run for safety.
A 35-year-old resident who says she has been living in Balaroa since 1989 says she was sitting in her home with her eight-year-old son when the earthquake ripped through her home.