Indonesia's disaster response agency says at least 3 killed in 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Lombok Island

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's disaster response agency says at least 3 killed in 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Lombok Island. </s> JAKARTA, Indonesia—A shallow, magnitude 6.4 earthquake early Sunday killed at least 10 people and injured 40 on Indonesia’s Lombok Island, a popular tourist destination next to Bali, officials said.

The quake damaged dozens of single-story houses and taller buildings and was felt in a wider area, including in Bali, where no damage or casualties were reported. </s> A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the northern part of the Indonesian island of Lombok on Sunday without any reports of damage or victims yet.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), which monitors seismic activity worldwide, located the hypocenter at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) and 58 km northeast of Mataram, the provincial capital. </s> JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Latest on a 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Indonesia’s Lombok Island (all times local):

Indonesia’s disaster response agency says at least three people have been killed in a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck Lombok Island early Sunday.

The island is not far from the tourist destination of Bali, but no damage or casualties have been reported there.

Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho says the three fatalities were caused by falling slabs of concrete. He says several people have been injured.

Photos released by the agency show damaged houses as well as the entrance of the popular Mount Rinjani National Park.

A strong earthquake has struck Indonesia’s Lombok island, which is not far from the tourist destination of Bali.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 6.4 and its epicenter was 1.4 kilometers (0.8 miles) southwest of Lelongken, Indonesia. It had a depth of 7 kilometers (4.4 miles).

Authorities issued a yellow alert, which suggested that some casualties are a possiblity.

Indonesia is prone to earthquakes due to its location on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin. In December 2004, a massive magnitude-9.1 earthquake off Sumatra triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries. </s> A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck in the sea, 124 kilometres north-northeast of the holiday island of Lombok, Indonesia, on Sunday at a very shallow depth of 1km, the United States Geological Survey said.

There was no immediate tsunami alert from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre.

Earlier on Sunday a tremor of 6.3 magnitude struck the island, where an earthquake earlier this month killed more than 430 people. </s> REUTERS: A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck in the sea 124 km (75 miles) north-northeast of the holiday island of Lombok, Indonesia, on Sunday at a very shallow depth of 1 km, the United States Geological Survey said.

There was no immediate tsunami alert from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre.

Earlier on Sunday a tremor of 6.3 magnitude struck the island, where an earthquake earlier this month killed more than 430 people. </s> (Reuters) - A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck in the sea 124 km (75 miles) north-northeast of the holiday island of Lombok, Indonesia, on Sunday at a very shallow depth of 1 km, the United States Geological Survey said.

There was no immediate tsunami alert from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

Earlier on Sunday a tremor of 6.3 magnitude struck the island, where an earthquake earlier this month killed more than 430 people. </s> A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck in the sea 124 km (75 miles) north-northeast of the holiday island of Lombok, Indonesia, on Sunday at a very shallow depth of 1 km, the United States Geological Survey said.

There was no immediate tsunami alert from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

Earlier on Sunday a tremor of 6.3 magnitude struck the island, where an earthquake earlier this month killed more than 430 people. </s> Jakarta: The death toll from a powerful earthquake that hit the Indonesian island of Lombok a week ago has risen to 392, an official says.

The number was likely to rise further still as teams continue to search for victims beneath the rubble and ruins of buildings, national disaster management agency spokesman Sutopo Nugroho said.

Search efforts have been complicated by a string of aftershocks, including a 6.2 magnitude quake on Thursday.

At least 1353 people were injured, most of them in hard-hit North Lombok district, which was near the epicentre of the 7.0-magnitude quake that hit on August 5.
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes the Indonesian island of Lombok, killing 14.