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Minor injuries reported after new tremor rocks Indonesia's Lombok

Other News Materials 19 August 2018 21:00 (UTC +04:00)
A fresh tremor of 6.3 magnitude struck the Indonesian holiday island of Lombok
Minor injuries reported after new tremor rocks Indonesia's Lombok

A fresh tremor of 6.3 magnitude struck the Indonesian holiday island of Lombok, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Sunday, after an earthquake killed more than 430 people there this month, Reuters reports.

USGS estimated the depth of the latest tremor at 7.9 km and said the epicenter was on the northeastern shoulder of the island at the foot of Mount Rinjani. There was no tsunami warning, and authorities later said there had been only minor injuries and limited damage.

Lombok, just east of Bali, the southeast Asian country’s most famous tourist destination, has been rocked by a series of quakes and aftershocks since July 29, including a 6.9-magnitude tremor on Aug. 5.

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