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Strong 6.3 magnitude quake jolts Indonesia's Lombok

Other News Materials 19 August 2018 09:22 (UTC +04:00)
A new strong earthquake hit Sunday the Indonesian island of Lombok followed by the powerful 6.9 magnitude jolts that have claimed over 430 lives on August 5
Strong 6.3 magnitude quake jolts Indonesia's Lombok

A new strong earthquake hit Sunday the Indonesian island of Lombok followed by the powerful 6.9 magnitude jolts that have claimed over 430 lives on August 5, Sputnik reported.

According to the US Geological Survey, a new quake's epicenter was detected at a depth of 7.9 km (4 miles) near the town of Sembalun Lawang, in an area of the distressed Lombok island. However, there is currently no information on damage or casualties yet.

The USGS said that the new tremor was registered at 04:10 GMT at a relatively shallow depth and was strongly felt by local residents in East Lombok.

Indonesia is located in a seismically active zone known as the Ring of Fire and regularly suffer from powerful earthquakes. Hundreds of thousands died in 2004 when the most powerful earthquake at that time hit Sumatra's Aceh region, triggering a tsunami in several states bordering the Indian Ocean.

On Sunday, a number of states of the Ring of Fire suffered from earthquakes including Colombia, Fiji, Japan and Russia.

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