Earthquake in Indonesia: hikers are stuck on the volcano – panorama

• On the Indonesian Lombok Holiday Island, hundreds of hikers were cut off by an earthquake
• They are now stuck on an active volcano in Rinjani National Park.
• Helicopters and rescue teams are sent on the slopes.

Hundreds of hikers are stranded on an active volcano following an earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok, which is popular with holidaymakers. The head of Rinjani National Park, Sudiyono, said that there were more than 800 tourists in total. According to the survivors, more than 500 of them were stranded on the volcano, he said. They were apparently cut by landslides.

Other hikers were moving inland. Your rescue is being prepared. According to official figures, they include many foreigners, for example from France and the Netherlands. According to initial reports, the Germans do not belong to it.

Helicopters and rescue teams were sent on foot to search the slopes of the mountain. The Rinjani has many hiking trails that are popular with tourists.

The earthquake left tons of rocks and mud on the stratovolcan Rinjani, and the trails were closed after the earthquake. The 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurred Sunday 50 kilometers northeast of Mataram, the capital of Lombok. At least 16 people have been killed so far. After the first earthquake, there were two other major earthquakes and more than a hundred aftershocks.

Lombok is a popular holiday home, located one hundred kilometers east of Bali. Even there, the earthquake was felt, there was no damage in the beginning. The Rinjani volcano erupted in September 2016.