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Rescuers search for survivors of powerful Indonesia earthquake

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Rescuers search for survivors of powerful Indonesia earthquake

The earthquake struck around 600 miles (1,000km) away from Bali Rescue teams worked tirelessly through the day to free those trapped under the rubble While a tsunami warning was initially issued - leading some 2,000 people to self-evacuate - it was lifted around three hours after the initial jolt, when no significant sea level rise was detected.

Rescue teams in Indonesia have been searching for survivors of Saturday's major earthquake which left at least 47 people dead.

Preliminary data shows that 24 fatalities had been recorded there, meanwhile 17 deaths were recorded in East Manggarai province, three in Sikka province, and at least one in each of the Ngada, Ende and West Manggarai provinces.

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