At least 68 killed in Indonesia quake as aftershocks hamper rescue efforts

Thousands of displaced people are sheltering in tents and government buildings afraid to return home due to fears of aftershocks as the number of people killed in the earthquake climbs.

Residents are facing challenges such as blocked roads, landslides, and fear of aftershocks, with many taking shelter in sports arenas and makeshift tents

Around 5,000 people have been evacuated after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake rocked eastern Indonesia, killing at least 53, blocking roads and causing landslides, authorities said.

Recent earthquakes in both countries have exposed sharply different government capacities to respond to disaster.

Devastating earthquakes weeks apart in Venezuela and Colombia have exposed sharply different government capacities to respond to disaster, according to witnesses in both countries, aid workers and a security firm.

A tale of two buildings: how quake rescue efforts differed in Colombia and Venezuela  reuters.com

A vast archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, Indonesia is prone to earthquakes and volcanic activity because of its location on the ‘Ring of Fire’

CALI, Colombia, Aug 15 - At a flattened apartment block known as Los Cocos in northern Venezuela, civilians toiled with little support to pull the living and the dead from the rubble. In neighboring Colombia, when residential towers in Cali collapsed, officials poured in to help.

Israel is one of the four countries, alongside the US, Ecuador, and El Salvador, to have been requested by Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella to send a search-and-rescue team.

Volunteer aids rescue efforts after Colombia quake  CNN