Hundreds of people have been evacuated from Gili Trawangan. (Photo: AFP/VNA) Jakarta (VNA) – The Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia said that there was no information on any Vietnamese nationalpresent at the site in Indonesia’s tourist island of Lombok which was struck by a 7-magnitude earthquake on August 5. After receiving information of the deadly quake, the embassy set up the hot line 62811161025. It was reflected that three Vietnamese who are on holiday on the nearby Bali resort island, experienced emotional impact when their hotels were affected by aftershocks. The embassy has ordered Vietnamese citizens to join hands with service providers to handle the situation, and keep a close watch on the incident’s developments. They are advised to do what directed by local authorities in the host nation. The embassy will carry out rational citizen protection in case of emergency. The death toll from the quake has risen to 91, said the Indonesia National Board for … [Read more...] about No Vietnamese reported to be present in quake-hit Lombok island
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82 dead after 6.9 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia’s Lombok island
Hospital staff treat patients outside a hospital after a major earthquake rocked Indonesia's Lombok island, in Mataram on Aug 5, 2018. (Photo: AFP / RITA SISWATI) The 6.9-magnitude tremor, which triggered panic among tourists and locals on Sunday evening, was also felt on the neighbouring island of Bali, one of Southeast Asia's leading tourist destinations. According to an AFP report, the magnitude of the quake was revised from 7.0 to 6.9 by the US Geological Survey. Nugroho said an initial tsunami warning which was later cancelled had sparked terror as residents scrambled to reach safer ground. "People were panicking ... especially because of the early tsunami warning," he said. Memories of the devastating 2004 tsunami which claimed 168,000 lives in Indonesia remain raw in the vast archipelago nation. Most of the victims in the latest disaster died in mountainous northern Lombok, away from the main tourist spots on the south and west of the island. Thousands of people were … [Read more...] about 82 dead after 6.9 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia’s Lombok island
Powerful quake kills 82 on Indonesia’s Lombok island, thousands flee homes
The earthquake triggered widespread panic as thousands fled their homes for emergency shelters as buildings collapsed. The death toll is expected to rise with hundreds injured and thousands of houses damaged, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said in a statement on Monday. Singapore Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam, who was on the 10th floor of a hotel in the Lombok town of Mataram at the time of the quake, wrote on Facebook that his room shook violently and walls cracked. “It was quite impossible to stand up. Heard screams. Came out, and made my way down a staircase, while building was still shaking. Power went out for a while. Lots of cracks, fallen doors,” he wrote. Most of the victims were killed by falling rubble in northern and western parts of Lombok. An initial tsunami warning of waves of up to half a metre was issued following the quake but later withdrawn. Lombok was hit by another powerful 6.4 quake a week earlier on July 29, killing 17 people and … [Read more...] about Powerful quake kills 82 on Indonesia’s Lombok island, thousands flee homes
Indonesia issues tsunami warning after 7.0 quake off Lombok island
By Reuters  August 5, 2018 | 10:24 pm GMT+7 Indonesian and foreign climbers are seen after walking down from Rinjani Mountain at Sembalun village in Lombok Timur, Indonesia, July 29, 2018. Photo by Reuters Other witnesses said the quake got stronger over several seconds and rattled windows and doors in their frames. Indonesia’s resort islands of Bali and Lombok were rocked by a magnitude 7 earthquake on Sunday, prompting a tsunami warning and panic among holidaymakers and residents. The quake, which struck at a depth of 15km off the north coast of Lombok, comes a week after a magnitude 6.4 quake killed 14 people on the island and prompted a large-scale evacuation of a volcano popular with hikers. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The quake was felt for several seconds in Bali, where people ran out of houses, hotels and restaurants. “All the hotel guests were running so I did too. People filled the streets,” said Michelle Lindsay, … [Read more...] about Indonesia issues tsunami warning after 7.0 quake off Lombok island
More quake hits Indonesia’s Lombok island
A house is damaged by the 6.4-magtinute quake on July 29 on Lombok. (Source: Kyodo/VNA) Jakarta (VNA) - A new earthquake, measured at a magnitude of 3.3 on the Richter scale, shook the Indonesian island of Lombok on August 1 morning, according to the Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was in West Lombok district, with a depth of 11km. No casualty caused by the earthquake has been reported so far. Just three days earlier, a 6.4-magtinute quake struck the island on July 29, about 100km west of Bali, leaving 17 people dead and 300 other injured, and damaging thousands of houses and buildings in West Lombok. Local officials have declared a state of emergency that will last until August 2. Indonesia, an archipelago of thousands of islands, sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, a seismic activity hotspot. It is frequently hit by quakes, most of them harmless. However, the region remains acutely alert to tremors that … [Read more...] about More quake hits Indonesia’s Lombok island