3,900 residents displaced

JAKARTA: An earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.4, that hit East Nusa Tenggara’s Flores Sea on December 14, 2021, forced some 3,900 residents of South Sulawesi’s Selayar Islands District to take refuge for safety reasons.

Out of the 3,900 affected residents, some 2,200 are being accommodated at six temporary shelters in Mintu’s area, Muhari noted in a statement on Wednesday evening. The remaining 1,700 are being accommodated in temporary shelters in the areas of Puncak Majapahit, Langundi, Lambego, Lawaru, and Pasimaranu, he noted. On August 5, 2018, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked Mataram, the capital city of West Nusa Tenggara Province, killing at least 555 people and causing injuries to 829 others.

Meanwhile, on September 28, 2018, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake that was followed by a tsunami hit the areas of Palu City and the districts of Donggala, Paringi Moutong, and Sigi in Central Sulawesi, claiming 2,102 lives.

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The earthquake also injured 4,612 people and rendered 680 others missing. It also damaged 68,451 houses and displaced 78,994 people.

On January 15 this year, a deadly earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.2, rattled the districts of Mamuju and Majene in West Sulawesi Province, claiming over 100 lives and destroying several buildings.

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