Indonesian authorities Saturday raised the death toll to 387, the number of injured to 13,688 and those displaced to 387,067 following a 6.9-magnitude earthquake that recently hit the island of Lombok and its subsequent aftershocks.

A spokesperson for the National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB), Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, warned in a statement that the death toll could further increase because of the ongoing search for victims buried under rubble and landslides after Sunday's temblor. </s> The death toll in the devastating earthquake that hit the Indonesia island of Lombok rose to at least 319, an official said Thursday, as a powerful aftershock retraumatized the victims and caused even more damage.

The magnitude 5.9 aftershock - centered in the northwest of the island - caused panic, landslides and further damaged buildings and caused more injuries. Indonesia’s geological agency said it would not cause a tsunami.

National disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the aftershock had caused more “trauma.”

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Videos showed rubble strewn across streets and clouds of dust enveloping buildings. Some people leaped from their vehicles amid stalled traffic in northern Lombok.

Sunday’s magnitude 7.0 quake left more than 156,000 people homeless, with many sleeping in makeshift shelters and out in the open. That temblor came a week after another earthquake killed at least 16 people.

Wiranto, the top security minister who like many Indonesians goes by only one name, told reporters Thursday that the death toll from Sunday’s quake had risen to 319. The announcement came after an inter-agency meeting was called to resolve differing figures from different agencies.

Grieving relatives were burying the dead and medics tended to the injured, many of whom had broken limbs.

The Red Cross said it was focusing relief efforts on an estimated 20,000 people who are yet to receive any assistance. </s> JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian official says death toll from Lombok earthquake has risen to 319. </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. </s> The death toll in the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that struck the island of Lombok on Aug. 5 was 436, while 1,353 people were injured and 352,793 were displaced, spokesperson for the National Agency for Disaster Management, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, said on Twitter on Monday.

The number of displaced was around 35,000 people less than those announced by the BNPB during the weekend. </s> The death toll from the Lombok earthquake has risen dramatically to 347, the government-run news agency Antara has said.

Another Indonesian government agency has put the figure at 381, a significant increase from figure of 131 reported on Wednesday. The number of the dead may still climb higher, as rescuers work to free people trapped in the rubble.

The deadly 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit the Indonesian island on Sunday night, leaving tens of thousands of people homeless.

Officials and organisations including the military, the governor of the province that includes Lombok, the national search and rescue agency and the regent of North Lombok have issued different death tolls, ranging from 226 to 381.

The national disaster agency announced today that they believed the death toll to be 164 with at least 1,400 people seriously injured and 156,000 displaced.

Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, the spokesman for the national disaster agency, has repeatedly said the number of deaths will increase. Search and rescue teams have been working to access those in the worst-affected areas, close to the epicentre in northern Lombok.

Facebook apologised on Wednesday after users posting about a the earthquake saw their messages decorated with images of balloons and confetti. Many Indonesian speakers wrote messages on Facebook using the word “selamat” – which can mean “safe” but also “congratulations” – triggering celebratory animations.

“The feature [automatic animations for “congratulations”] is widely available on Facebook globally,” said a Facebook spokeswoman. “However we regret that it appeared in this unfortunate context and have since turned off the feature locally.”

Search and rescue teams have been working to access those in the worst-affected areas, close to the epicentre in northern Lombok.

Sunday’s earthquake triggered at least 230 aftershocks, which were expected to continue for the next two weeks.



The US Geological survey reported a 5.2-magnitude earthquake just off the coast of Lombok between the tourist town of Senggigi and the Gili Islands on Monday at 11.50pm. It also reported a 5.4-magnitude quake at 2.21am on Tuesday, close to the site of Sunday’s 6.9-magnitude quake.

Lombok had already been hit by a 6.4 quake on 29 July that killed 17 people and briefly stranded several hundred trekkers on the slopes of the volcano, Mount Rinjani. </s> JAKARTA: The death toll in the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that struck Indonesia's Lombok island on Sunday swelled to 347, according to the state-run Antara news agency.

Indonesia's national disaster agency had last put the death toll figure at 131. As aid has begun to reach the northern parts of the island, which were among the worst hit by the natural calamity, many people are complaining that assistance has not arrived in their areas.

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CNN quoted Antara news agency saying that over 120 people lost their lives in Kayangan in northern Lombok. The Indonesian government estimated that around 20,000 people still require help in the affected area and revealed that 80 per cent of the buildings has been destroyed.

According to several media reports, hundreds of thousands have been displaced due to the August 5 earthquake, while over 1,000 people sustained injuries and are undergoing medical treatment.

Initially, the Red Cross said that due to the ongoing risk of landslides and debris from the quake, the aid was struggling to reach the northern parts of Lombok island. The international humanitarian organisation stated that it would take some days to know the full impact of the Sunday's earthquake.

"We are still waiting for assessments from some of the more remote areas in the north of the island, but it is already clear that Sunday's earthquake was exceptionally destructive," Christopher Rassi, the head of the assessment team for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, said in a statement.

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The Red Cross further said that they have evacuated all 2,000 tourists stranded on the Gili Islands, situated near the coast of northwest Lombok Island. The earthquake also affected the nearby tourist island of Bali and widespread damage was also reported as well.

The quake, which was 31 kilometers (19 miles) deep and near Loloan on the north end of Lombok, also triggered a brief tsunami warning. Tremors were also felt in Bali.

The natural disaster, which was the second powerful temblor on Lombok in a week, hit the island in the evening of August 5. All the landline and cell phone services have been reported down in Lombok's Tanjung town, which was the nearest to the epicentre.

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake previously shook the island on July 29, which claimed 17 lives.

Indonesia has been rattled by earthquakes in the past. The country is located in the Ring of Fire, an area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean, which is vulnerable to frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. </s> The death toll from a major earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok reached more than 430 on Monday.

Bodies were still being pulled from destroyed buildings following the shallow 6.9-magnitude quake on August 5 that levelled tens of thousands of homes, mosques, and businesses across Lombok.

"Search-and-rescue teams are still removing victims who were buried beneath collapsed buildings and landslides," said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman from the National Disaster Mitigation Agency.

The total number of people killed is now 436, Nugroho said, with more than 1,300 injured and nearly 353,000 internally displaced.

The majority of those killed - 374 people - died in the north of the island, near the quake's epicentre. Most deaths were caused by collapsing buildings and falling debris.

Many people are sleeping in tents near their ruined homes or in evacuation centres. Makeshift medical facilities have been set up to treat the wounded as many hospitals were among those destroyed.

Damage to infrastructure, particularly roads, are frustrating efforts by relief agencies to distribute aid in the north, prompting concerns of a looming humanitarian crisis.

Nugroho said helicopters have been air-dropping supplies to isolated communities, many of which are in urgent need of drinking water, food and medicine.

"It's very much still an emergency response operation," said Rosemarie North from the International Committee of the Red Cross.

"They're still discovering people that haven't been reached with assistance. The focus right now is reaching people in real need," she told Al Jazeera.

The economic cost of the earthquake is estimated to be $342m.

Indonesia is prone to earthquakes because of its location in the Ring of Fire, an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin.

In December 2004, a magnitude-9.1 earthquake off Sumatra island triggered a massive tsunami, killing 230,000 people in a dozen countries. </s> The death toll from a devastating earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok has risen to 347, according to Indonesian news agency Antara. A National Disaster Management Agency spokesperson says more than 1,000 people have also been injured and 165,000 displaced by the 7.0 magnitude quake. Antara reports the majority of those killed died in Kayangan, on the north side of the island.

RESCUE efforts have intensified to find people buried in rubble following the earthquake that shook Indonesia’s Lombok island on Sunday, as the death toll has reportedly risen to 347.

Most of the people died in Kayangan, on the north side of the island, according to the state-run Antara news agency.

The national disaster agency has stood by its latest death toll of 131 from the quake despite other government agencies including the military reporting much higher figures.

The governor of the province that includes Lombok, the military and the national search and rescue agency issued different death tolls that ranged from 226 to 381.

Another 1,447 people have been injured and 165,003 displaced.

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As the aid effort stepped up, volunteers and rescue personnel erected more temporary shelters for the tens of thousands left homeless on Lombok by the magnitude 7.0 quake.

Water, which has been in short supply due to a prolonged dry spell on the island, as well as food and medical supplies were being distributed from trucks. The military said it sent five planes carrying food, medicine, blankets, field tents and water tankers.

Nearly 1500 people are in hospital with serious injuries and more than 156,000 have been displaced due to the extensive damage to thousands of homes. Thousands of people have been sleeping in makeshift shelters or out in the open.

At a collapsed mosque in Bangsal district, emergency workers in orange uniforms removed a woman’s body from the ruins on Wednesday morning. A green and yellow dome rested on the pile of rubble, the only part of the structure still intact.

Authorities said all the tourists who wanted to be evacuated from three outlying holiday islands due to power blackouts and damage to hotels had left by boat, some 5000 people in all.

The quake was the second in a week to hit Lombok. A magnitude 6.4 earthquake on July 29 killed 16 people and cracked and weakened many structures, amplifying the damage that occurred in Sunday’s quake.

Like its famous neighbour Bali, Lombok is known for beaches, mountains and a lush interior.

Hotels and other buildings in both locations are not allowed to exceed the height of coconut trees.

Indonesia is prone to earthquakes because of its location on the “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.
The death toll from the magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Lombok, Indonesia, rises to 259, and may go higher still.