JAKARTA, Aug 24 (Reuters) - The death toll from an earthquake that hit ‌eastern Indonesia reached 100 on ‌Monday, the disaster agency chief said, as relief ​operations continued for a 10th day.

The 7.7-magnitude quake shook the province of East Nusa Tenggara on August 15, followed ‌by thousands of ⁠aftershocks, damaging more than 73,000 homes and forcing the evacuation ⁠of about 180,000 people.

• The death toll reached 100 as more people undergoing ​treatment succumbed to ​their injuries, ​disaster agency chief Suharyanto ‌said in a press conference, adding more than 1,600 people were injured.

• Authorities were distributing aid using helicopters, trucks, and motorcycles, Suharyanto said.

• The earthquake ‌was Indonesia's deadliest since ​2022, when a shallow ​5.6-magnitude quake ​killed hundreds in West Java.

• ‌Indonesia, an archipelago of ​290 million ​people, straddles the "Pacific Ring of Fire", a seismically active zone where tectonic ​plates ‌meet and earthquakes and volcanic eruptions ​are frequent.

(Reporting by Stanley Widianto; Editing ​by Martin Petty)