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A 7.0 magnitude earthquake off the Indonesian island of Lombok killed at least 142 people and injured hundreds more on Sunday, August 5.This video shows hundreds of people being evacuated from the ...
Rescuers continued to search ruined building for survivors of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that killed 98 people when it struck the Indonesian island of Lombok on Sunday, August 5.Thousands of ...
On 5 August 2018, a destructive and shallow earthquake measuring M w 6.9 (M L 7.0 according to BMKG) struck the island of Lombok, Indonesia.It was the main shock following its foreshock, a nearby M w 6.4 earthquake on 29 July.
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 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.
Map of 2018 Lombok earthquakes. 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.
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).
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake rattled the Indonesian island of Lombok on Sunday, just two weeks after a temblor killed hundreds of people in the region. Second strong earthquake in as many weeks ...