The death toll from the magnitude 7.7 earthquake in East Nusa Tenggara rose to 103, Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency, known as BNPB, reported. The agency also recorded 1,666 injured people and 185,131 residents still displaced as repeated aftershocks continued to unsettle communities.
Berton Suar Pelita Panjaitan, acting head of BNPB's disaster data, information and communications centre, provided the figures during a news conference broadcast on the agency's YouTube channel. He said three additional deaths had been entered into the official count on Tuesday.
The fatalities were spread across seven regencies. Manggarai had the highest reported toll with 41 deaths, followed by East Manggarai with 34. Nagekeo recorded 13 deaths, Sikka six, Ngada five, Ende three and West Manggarai one. Together, those local figures produced the national agency's total of 103.
The injury count rose after officials added 63 newly reported cases, taking the total to 1,666. BNPB's displacement figure included people staying independently as well as those housed in centralised evacuation sites. Panjaitan said the latest update added 4,804 displaced residents, bringing the overall number to 185,131.
Continuing seismic activity was a major factor in the prolonged emergency. According to records from Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency, or BMKG, 7,029 aftershocks had occurred since the main magnitude 7.7 earthquake. Their magnitudes ranged from 1.1 to 6.2. Officials said 141 tremors were felt on the day of the update.
Panjaitan said the aftershock pattern was expected to continue for another three to four weeks after the main quake. The repeated shaking was causing panic and deep trauma among residents, he said, helping explain why authorities were still recording new evacuees rather than a steady return home.
The update presented a disaster extending well beyond the initial earthquake. Death and injury totals were still being revised ten days after the main shock, while a very large displaced population remained exposed to disruption. The number and range of aftershocks also complicated decisions about when people could safely leave evacuation arrangements.
BNPB's figures were the official snapshot available on August 25 and could change as reports from affected districts were consolidated. At that point, Manggarai and East Manggarai together accounted for 75 of the 103 confirmed deaths. Authorities were monitoring both the humanitarian consequences and the ongoing sequence of tremors across East Nusa Tenggara. Aftershocks ranged from magnitude 1.1 to 6.2, while 141 were felt on the update day alone. The expectation of another three to four weeks of tremors meant displacement could continue even as casualty reports stabilised.
