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At least 260 people had already been evacuated Sunday afternoon, Sutopo said on Twitter, while a spokesman for Rinjani National Park said another 109 had been rescued at 2 pm. local time (3 pm ET) Monday afternoon. It remains to be seen how much else has been left or their precise location.
Videos given to CNN by a Thai trekking group, Trekmania, who were on Rinjani when the earthquake struck show huge clouds of dust covering the slopes of the mountain, triggered by landslides ground.
A rescue team of 184 people was leaving Monday morning to evacuate hikers, including military, police and special medical teams
Up to now, 14 people across the island have been declared dead following the earthquake, according to the National Disaster Management Agency's 39, Indonesia, its 162 people were injured.
Images of the scene of the disaster showed that the locals were picking the rubble from their collapsed houses and that the wounded were hastily taken to improvised emergency shelters. President Joko Widodo went to the island Monday to meet the communities affected by the earthquake while emergency aid began to be scattered on the island. .
More than 100 replicas
The 40,000 kilometer region stretches from Japan and Indonesia from one side of the Pacific to the other in California
According to Antara, there has been more than 120 replicas recorded by the Meteorology, Climatology and Jean-Paul Volchaert countries, owner of the Puncak hotel in Lombok, told CNN that the region was receiving small earthquakes "every month" but that the tremor on Sunday was the worst he felt.
"We were still sleeping when we felt the earthquake, so we rushed to the outside of our building, there was about 20 seconds of shaking, the water in the pool was making waves big enough, "he said.
Volchaert said that if there had been little damage in his building or neighborhood, serious damage was reported north. "We felt aftershocks for two hours after the initial earthquake, so we're worried that more damage will be done," he said.
Aid distributed in Lombok
President Widodo went to Lombok Monday morning to inspect the damage and relief after the disaster.
"The President will meet the people affected by the disaster and also The Deputy Chief of Mission, Zamshari Sahaharan, at the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta, said that they were encouraging all Malaysians who knew the tourists in Lombok to contact the consular authorities.
He stated that the Malaysian government was ready to provide additional assistance to his Indonesian counterparts if necessary.
