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Mamuju, Jan 16 (EFE/EPA).- The death toll from a shallow magnitude-6.2 earthquake on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has risen to 42, with hundreds injured, the country's disaster management agency said Saturday, as aftershocks continued amid rescue efforts.Around 190 people were seriously injured and 34 died in Mamuju regency, while another eight people died and 637 were injured in Majene regency, both in West Sulawesi province, according to the latest report by the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB). (Camera: STRINGER).SHOT LIST: A COLLAPSED BUILDING AND PEOPLE REST INSIDE A MAKESHIFT SHELTER IN THE AFTERMATH OF AN EARTHQUAKE IN MAMUJU, WEST SULAWESI, INDONESIA.
The death toll from Ecuador’s worst earthquake in decades rose to at least 413 on Monday while traumatized survivors slept amid the rubble of their homes and rescuers dug for survivors in the Andean nation’s shattered coastal region.
International rescue crews have started to arrive in the region to help Turish efforts, in a frantic race to find survivors.
The death toll from an Indian foot bridge collapse rose to 135 on Tuesday with search operations entering a third day, although nearly all those believed to have been missing are now accounted for. The colonial-era bridge over the Machchhu River in Morbi was packed with sightseers enjoying holiday festivities when it broke on Sunday evening, sending people plunging about 10 metres into the water. FRANCE 24's Navodita Kumari reports from Morbi, India.
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