Death toll from series of quakes in Indonesia reaches 515

A series of major quakes that hit the vicinity of Indonesia's Lombok Island since late July has killed 515 people, according to government figures released Tuesday.About 80 percent of victims lost their lives in a magnitude 6.9 quake that struck on Aug. 5, while the others died from a July 29 quake and two quakes that occurred Sunday.In addition, more than 7,000 people were injured and 430,000 displaced, and 73,843 houses have been damaged or destroyed by the four quakes.National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho estimated total losses at some 7.7 trillion rupiah (ab…READ FULL ARTICLE