The victims in East Java's Sumenep district perished after being crushed by collapsed buildings
Indonesia's disaster agency said the figure was based on estimates from local heads in the Petobo and Balaroa areas of the city
The location of the tsunami may have made the destruction particularly acute, but the country's early warning system also appears not to have lived up to expectations
The biggest earthquakes on Earth are "subduction zone" earthquakes, which occur where two tectonic plates meet
There were glimmers of hope among the countless tragedies
In the wake of a 7.5-magnitude earthquake and a 20-foot tsunami on Friday that killed at least 1,234 people, the eastern Indonesian city of Palu was still reeling
The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres around 40 kilometres off Sumba, an island of some 750,000 people
About 1,700 houses in one Palu neighborhood were swallowed up
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi which was followed by a tsunami with waves up to 6m high .A 14-day state of emergency has been declared in Sulawesi.
At least 540 people had been badly injured, an agency spokesman said, as hospitals struggled to cope with the influx of casualties
Fatalities increase as bodies found on beaches; 540 injured
The quake has been followed by strong aftershocks and a local disaster official tells The Associated Press that many houses have collapsed
The picturesque island is already reeling from two devastating quakes on July 29 and August 5 that killed nearly 500 people and made hundreds of thousands homeless
The latest quake had a magnitude of seven and struck just 10 km underground, the USGS said
The jolt was felt some 100 km away in the bustling holiday island of Bali, although there were no immediate reports of damage there
The quake struck at a depth of 91 km just outside the coastal town of Cipatujah on Java island
The disaster agency said officials were checking for damage and casualties
The quake struck at a depth of about 36 kilometres at a distance of about 73 km west of Bengkulu
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has ordered immediate assistance to Aceh following the earthquake