Magnitude 6.3 earthquake rocks Indonesia’s Lombok island

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake rocks Indonesia’s Lombok island

According to the US Geological Survey the tremor was centred west-southwest of Belanting town in East Lombok.

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A man carries a framed picture of Indonesian President Joko Widodo from a school damaged by an earthquake in Gunungsari, Lombok, on Aug 12. (Reuters pic)
LOMBOK:
A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Lombok Sunday, just weeks after a quake which killed more than 460 people, the US Geological Survey said.

The tremor was centred west-southwest of Belanting town in East Lombok, the USGS said, at a relatively shallow depth of seven kilometres (four miles).

Residents said the quake was felt strongly in East Lombok.

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