Indonesia's deadliest earthquakes of past decade

A magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Saturday and has killed at least 51 people, according to ongoing rescue operations reported from Jakarta by Reuters on Aug. 16. The Indonesian disaster mitigation agency BNPB also listed the deadliest quakes of the past decade. The most lethal was the Sept. 28, 2018 magnitude-7.5 event near Palu and Sigi, which triggered a tsunami and widespread liquefaction, killing 4,141, injuring 4,438, and leaving 705 missing, with more than 110,000 homes damaged or destroyed. Other major disasters include Cianjur (602 deaths, Nov. 21, 2022), Lombok (at least 518, Aug. 5, 2018), and several less lethal but deadly inland earthquakes.