Indonesia Earthquake

The victims in East Java's Sumenep district perished after being crushed by collapsed buildings

Indonesia's disaster agency said the figure was based on estimates from local heads in the Petobo and Balaroa areas of the city

The location of the tsunami may have made the destruction particularly acute, but the country's early warning system also appears not to have lived up to expectations

The biggest earthquakes on Earth are "subduction zone" earthquakes, which occur where two tectonic plates meet

There were glimmers of hope among the countless tragedies

In the wake of a 7.5-magnitude earthquake and a 20-foot tsunami on Friday that killed at least 1,234 people, the eastern Indonesian city of Palu was still reeling

The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres around 40 kilometres off Sumba, an island of some 750,000 people

About 1,700 houses in one Palu neighborhood were swallowed up

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi which was followed by a tsunami with waves up to 6m high .A 14-day state of emergency has been declared in Sulawesi.

At least 540 people had been badly injured, an agency spokesman said, as hospitals struggled to cope with the influx of casualties

Fatalities increase as bodies found on beaches; 540 injured

The quake has been followed by strong aftershocks and a local disaster official tells The Associated Press that many houses have collapsed

The picturesque island is already reeling from two devastating quakes on July 29 and August 5 that killed nearly 500 people and made hundreds of thousands homeless

The latest quake had a magnitude of seven and struck just 10 km underground, the USGS said

The jolt was felt some 100 km away in the bustling holiday island of Bali, although there were no immediate reports of damage there

The quake struck at a depth of 91 km just outside the coastal town of Cipatujah on Java island

The disaster agency said officials were checking for damage and casualties

The quake struck at a depth of about 36 kilometres at a distance of about 73 km west of Bengkulu

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has ordered immediate assistance to Aceh following the earthquake