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JAKARTA, Indonesia – A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the popular tourist destination of Lombok, east of Bali, killing at least three people and damaging many buildings, officials said Indonesians. said Jean-Paul Volckaert, who was awakened by the earthquake while he was at the hotel Puncak near Senggigi on the island of Lombok
"The water in the Pools swayed like a wild "The earthquake, which was quickly followed by a magnitude 5.4 aftershell in the same region of eastern Indonesia, was centered in the northern part of Lombok The Indonesian Disaster Mitigation Agency said many buildings had been damaged, but no detailed information was yet available on the victims.
Sutopo Purwo Nug Roho, spokesman for the agency, posted on Twitter photos of houses with roofs and collapsed walls.
Mount Rinjani National Park, a popular trekking destination, was temporarily closed due to landslides, a local television channel, Metro TV, reported that were still ringing when the first earthquake struck early Sunday and that they quickly fled their homes in panic. Most of them were still waiting outside their homes in fear of aftershocks, he said.
The earthquake struck at 6:47 am Sunday, and its shallow depth would have amplified its effect. The magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck less than an hour later.
While earthquakes are common in Indonesia, on the Seismic Ring of Fire that surrounds the shores of the Pacific, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 is considered strong.
The Sunday earthquake was on Earth and did not trigger any waves or tsunamis.
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