Earthquake in Indonesia leaves 13 dead and dozens wounded

Thirteen dead and dozens wounded as a result of the magnitude 6.4 earthquake and earthquakes that shook Lombok Island in Indonesia

the spokesman for the National Agency Disaster Management Board (BNPB), Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, also reported that more than half a thousand people were affected by the earthquake.

13 dead and dozens wounded

The agent avoided specifying how many people were treated for injuries, while in previous reports, the number of injuries was estimated at 40.

Sutopo noted that authorities are still collecting data for the final balance to increase.

Ten of the victims, one of them Malaysian and the other Indonesian, were recorded in the eastern Lombok region, while the other three occurred in the north. from the country.

The magnitude 6.4 earthquake was felt for about 10 seconds in Lombok, where it caused panic among the residents, who visibly scared their homes.

The telluric movement that had up to 124 replicas here, It also touched the neighboring islands of Bali, located in the west of Lombok and the country's main tourist destination, and Sumbawa, at 39. is from the hypocenter and some buildings have collapsed

The earthquake in Indonesia causes 13 deaths and dozens of injured

In a statement, the director of the Agency of Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics, Dwikorita Karnawati, urged the population to remain vigilant. Despite the fact that its intensity is declining.

Lombok Red Cross spokeswoman Aulia Arriani said people "are afraid and stay abroad" buildings, adding that their organization will send blankets, tarpaulins, sleeping bags and kits to help affected families.

A video published by the BNPB shows a person entering a municipal health center still standing but containing debris. its interior and, when a replica occurs, it quickly returns to the highway, where a dozen people gather.

Sutopo said that access to the active volcano, Rinjani, one of the tourist attractions of Lombok, was In 2004, an earthquake near the northwestern coast of the island Indonesian Sumatra triggered a tsunami that killed at least 280,000 people in a dozen countries bathed in the waters of the Indian Ocean, most of them entering Indonesia

Indonesia is located on the "Pacific Ring of Fire", a region of high seismic and volcanic activity, shaken by about seven thousand shocks a year, most of them moderate. 9020] The 6.4 earthquake shakes the island of Lombok in Indonesia

With the information of EFE

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