Jakarta, 20 August (BelTA - ANTARA News) - At least four people were killed and two others injured in the latest powerful earthquake on Lombok Island.
"The number was obtained based on the monitoring of North Lombok, East Lombok, Central Lombok, West Lombok, Mataram, and Sumbawa, following the quake," said I Gusti Lanang Wisnuwandana, spokesman of the Mataram Search and Rescue (SAR) office, in the capital city of West Nusa Tenggara, Monday.
Two of the casualties were found in West Sumbawa, one in East Lombok and another in Sumbawa, he said, adding that the two injured people were residents of East Lombok.
The 6.9-magnitude quake`s epicenter was located at 8.28 southern latitude and 116.71 eastern longitude, some 30 km northeast of East Lombok District, and at a depth of 10 km.
The earthquake, with VII MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity), was felt strongly by inhabitants of East Lombok, North Lombok, West Sumbawa, Sumbawa Besar, and Mataram for 5 to 10 seconds.
At least 101 aftershocks jolted Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara Province, as of Monday at 11 a.m., following a 6.9-magnitude earthquake that rocked the island on Sunday evening (August 19).
