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Lombok, [a] is an island in West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia.It forms part of the chain of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the Lombok Strait separating it from Bali to the west and the Alas Strait between it and Sumbawa to the east.
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency said it expected the death toll to rise once the rubble of more than 13,000 damaged houses was cleared away.
The Lombok Times is an English-language newspaper which was founded in 2003 as an information medium for the growing English language speaking community, which consists of both visiting tourists and foreign expatriates in the Indonesian provinces of West Nusa Tenggara and Bali.
It struck the island of Lombok at a depth of 12 km and measured at M w 5.9 (USGS) [40] or M L 6.2 (BMKG), and was felt as far away as East Java. [41] Shaking was felt in the neighboring islands of Bali and Sumbawa and lasted for at least 10 seconds. [42] Officials stated that the intensity of the shaking in Lombok was V-VI MMI (medium-strong).
A M w 6.4 earthquake struck the island of Lombok on the morning of 29 July 2018 at a shallow depth of 14 km (8.7 mi). [5] Widespread damage was reported in the area, and authorities confirmed that 20 people were killed in the earthquake while hundreds were injured. [3] [6] The epicentre was located in Sembalun Subdistrict, East Lombok Regency.
Large numbers of earthquakes of smaller magnitude occur very regularly due to the meeting of major tectonic plates in the region. Based on the records of the USGS, Indonesia has had more than 150 earthquakes with magnitude > 7 in the period 1901–2019.
The earthquake has its epicenter in East Lombok Regency, with a reported magnitude and depth of M w 5.6 and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), [2] while the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) reported a magnitude of M w 5.4 and a depth of 11 kilometres (6.8 mi).
The caldera is next to Mount Rinjani on Lombok Island in Indonesia. "Segara Anak" means "child of the sea" and refers to the blue lake's resemblance to the sea. The volcanic cone Gunung Barujari is at the eastern end of the lake and is responsible for its crescent shape.