Titopati – Fourteen people have died after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck the popular tourist island of Lombok in Indonesia Sunday, damaging more than 1,000 homes and sending residents fleeing for safety.
The earthquake hit early in the morning, at about 5.45 a.m. local time (6:45 p.m. Saturday ET), the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, at a shallow depth of just 7.5 kilometers (4.6 miles).
Speaking to CNN, the owner of a hotel in West Lombok said Sunday’s quake was the strongest he had experienced on the island.
According to Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency, at least 162 people have been injured by the tremors, which occurred about 140 miles east of Bali.
The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is trying to determine how many people are missing. Volunteers joined police and rescue teams to assist the wounded and look for survivors.
Among the dead were a Malaysian citizen, according to Indonesia’s National Disaster Search and Rescue agency, with casualties mainly found in Lombok’s north and east districts.
-CNN
