Jakarta, April 7 -- Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka visited quake-hit communities in Minahasa, North Sulawesi, following a 7.6-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Bitung earlier this month.

Arriving on Monday night after concluding his agenda in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, the vice president went directly to the home of a victim who died in the disaster.

"The visit was in line with President Prabowo Subianto's directive to amplify the state's presence in every emergency," the Vice Presidential Secretariat stated in a press release on Tuesday.

The tectonic quake triggered a tsunami warning and damaged a number of buildings while claiming the life of 69-year-old Deitje Lahia from Tateli Village, Minahasa.

Lahia died ...