Magnitude 5.7 quake strikes Indonesia's Flores region, GFZ says

FILE PHOTO: This handout picture taken and released on August 19, 2026 by Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows rescue personnel evacuating a person on a stretcher in East Manggarai, following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Indonesia's Flores island on August 15. - BASARNAS/AFP

BARCELONA: A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Indonesia's Flores region on Wednesday (Aug 20), the German Research Centre for Geosciences(GFZ) said.

The quake's depth was 10 kilometres below the earth's surface, GFZ said. - Reuters