JAKARTA, INDONESIA: A robust earthquake has struck Indonesia's Lombok island, which isn't a long way from the tourist destination of Bali.
The US Geological Survey stated the quake had a magnitude of 6.four and its epicenter used to be 1.four kilometers (zero.eight miles) southwest of Lelongken, Indonesia. It had a intensity of seven kilometers (four.four miles).
Authorities issued a yellow alert, which urged that some casualties are a possiblity.
Indonesia is liable to earthquakes because of its location at the Pacific "Ring of Fire", an arc of volcanoes and fault traces within the Pacific Basin. In December 2004, a massive magnitude-Nine.1 earthquake off Sumatra brought on a tsunami that killed 230,000 folks in a dozen countries.
The US Geological Survey stated the quake had a magnitude of 6.four and its epicenter used to be 1.four kilometers (zero.eight miles) southwest of Lelongken, Indonesia. It had a intensity of seven kilometers (four.four miles).
Authorities issued a yellow alert, which urged that some casualties are a possiblity.
Indonesia is liable to earthquakes because of its location at the Pacific "Ring of Fire", an arc of volcanoes and fault traces within the Pacific Basin. In December 2004, a massive magnitude-Nine.1 earthquake off Sumatra brought on a tsunami that killed 230,000 folks in a dozen countries.
USGS: Magnitude-6.4 quake strikes Indonesia's Lombok island
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July 29, 2018
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