Viewfinder: Multiple Earthquakes Hit an Indonesian Island

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Aug 22, 2018

Residents walk among debris in the village of Sugian on Indonesia's Lombok Island on August 21st, 2018, after a series of recent earthquakes. Indonesian aid agencies and government officials rushed to help survivors after another series of powerful quakes rattled the island, killing at least 14 people and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless.
(Photo: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images)

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An Indonesian search-and-rescue team looks for victims under a collapsed mosque following an earthquake on August 7th, 2018, in Lombok Island, Indonesia.

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