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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 ...
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 North Lombok area, where the earthquake occurred, has a track record of earthquakes in the past. One M w 6.4 earthquake in 1979 killed 37 people, with a more recent M w 5.7 event in 2013 causing extensive damage but no deaths.
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.
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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).
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