NTT earthquake: BNPB records nearly 78,000 houses damaged

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Jakarta (ANTARA) – The National Agency for Disaster Countermeasures (BNPB) has deployed teams to seven affected districts in Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, to accelerate the rehabilitation and reconstruction of houses damaged by the magnitude-7.7 earthquake.

Acting Head of the agency’s Center for Data, Information, and Disaster Communication Berton SP Panjaitan said in Jakarta on Thursday that assistance in preparing assessments and standardizing house damage assessments would continue without waiting for the emergency response period to end.

“The agency is committed to accelerating the rehabilitation and reconstruction of houses damaged by the earthquake that struck on August 15, 2026,” he said.

Based on the agency’s data as of August 24, 2026, BNPB recorded a total of 77,912 damaged houses. The figure comprised 24,597 heavily damaged houses, 18,537 moderately damaged houses, and 34,778 lightly damaged houses.

East Manggarai District recorded the highest number of damaged houses, with 6,833 heavily damaged houses, 4,996 moderately damaged houses, and 6,973 lightly damaged houses.

Meanwhile, Manggarai District recorded 6,360 heavily damaged houses, 5,196 moderately damaged houses, and 5,552 lightly damaged houses; West Manggarai District recorded 3,732 heavily damaged houses, 2,014 moderately damaged houses, and 5,067 lightly damaged houses; while Nagekeo District recorded 3,218 heavily damaged houses, 1,598 moderately damaged houses, and 4,828 lightly damaged houses.

In Ngada District, at least 2,256 houses were recorded as heavily damaged, 2,116 as moderately damaged, and 5,190 as lightly damaged.

Ende District recorded 1,208 heavily damaged houses, 1,725 moderately damaged houses, and 4,547 lightly damaged houses. Sikka District recorded 990 heavily damaged houses, 892 moderately damaged houses, and 2,621 lightly damaged houses.

Berton said that to ensure the accuracy of by-name-by-address data, the agency was conducting technical training for regional government agencies and hundreds of volunteer enumerators in the seven affected districts.

The training had begun in West Manggarai and Manggarai districts. The recovery process is based on the “build back better” principle to ensure that reconstructed houses are more resilient, supported by objective, measurable, and accountable data collection.

“It is important to ensure that data collected in the field are of high quality and can be used as a basis for decision-making,” he said.