At least 10 dead as mighty earthquakes Indonesia

DEVASTATION. This photograph taken on July 29, 2018 and published by the Disaster Attenuation Agency Nusa Tenggara Barat (BPBD) shows an Indonesian man (R) standing among the collapsed ruins of a house as a result of & nbsp; An earthquake in Lombok. A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the popular Indonesian tourist destination Lombok Sunday, July 29, killing at least 10 people and wounding dozens of others, agency officials said.

The strong jolt, which sent frantic people to homes and hotels early in the morning, was followed by two strong secondary earthquakes and more than 60 aftershocks.

"The earthquake killed at least 10 people, or 40 people" Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for the Indonesian Disaster Mitigation Agency

: "We estimate that the number will continue to increase because we have not finished collecting data, "Nugroho said, adding that the victims had been hit by debris.

The shock was felt at a hundred kilometers The local authorities have endeavored to assess the damage to buildings and infrastructure, and popular hiking trails have been closed on Mount Rinjani, due to landslides, according to the agency of the disaster

… and everyone in my house panicked, we all ran out, "said Zulkifli, a resident of North Lombok, near the # 39; epicenter. (READ: Lombok: Island of Breathtaking Beaches)

"All my neighbors ran out and the electricity was suddenly cut off," said Zulkifli, who bears a name, to the Agence France-Presse

. The shallow earthquake hit 50 km northeast of the main city of Lombok, said the United States Geological Survey, far from the main tourist sights of the south and west of the country. Island

. The people of East Lombok and Mataram felt the violent earthquake for 10 seconds, residents panicked and ran outside their homes, said Nugroho, adding that people had run for open spaces like football fields. 19659006] According to the Geophysical and Meteorological Agency of Indonesia, no tsunami warning was issued

In the hotels of the island, tourists ran out then that the earthquake struck dawn.

At Katamaran Hotel & Resort on Senggigi Beach 30 guests gather They calmed down and returned to their room once we explained that the earthquake did not trigger a tsunami, everything is back to normal now ", receptionist Ni. Nyoman Suwarningsih told AFP

Indonesia, an archipelago of thousands of islands, sits on the so-called 'Pacific Fire Circle', a seismic activity hotspot

He is frequently struck by earthquakes, most of them harmless. However, the region remains extremely vigilant against tremors that could trigger tsunamis.

In 2004, a tsunami triggered by a magnitude 9.3 undersea earthquake off Sumatra, in western Indonesia, killed 220,000 people. 168,000 in Indonesia. – Rappler.com