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| At least 82 killed by 7.0 quake in Indonesia’s Lombok, Bali islands |
| 2018-08-06 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] At least 82 people were killed on Sunday when Indonesia’s resort island of Lombok was hit by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake. The powerful quake triggered panic among tourists and residents, and was also felt on the neighboring island of Bali. On Lombok, thousands fled from their homes to gather in emergency shelters in open spaces, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said. The area continued to be rattled by aftershocks from the quake, which occurred days after a 6.4 tremor hit Lombok on July 29, killing 14 people and injuring 162 people. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency placed Sunday’s corpse count at 82, more than doubling its earlier figure of 32. Many of the dead were from northern and western parts of Lombok. |
| Posted by:Fred |