Tag: Lombok

Jakarta : At least 10 people were killed and 40 injured while several buildings have collapsed after a magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok on Sunday morning, officials said. The quake struck at 6.47 a.m. at a depth of 7 km. Its epicentre was located 50 km north-east of the city of Mataram on the island of Lombok, which has a population of 319,000, the Guardian reported. The tremors have also affected the neighbouring islands of Sumbawa and Bali. Tourists near Senggigi, gateway to the popular Gili Islands resorts,...