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Magnitude 6.3 earthquake rocks Indonesia’s Lombok island: USGS
LOMBOK, Indonesia, Aug 19, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – A strong 6.3-magnitude
earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Lombok Sunday, just weeks after a
quake which killed more than 460 people, the US Geological Survey said.
The tremor was centered west-southwest of Belanting town in East Lombok,
the USGS said, at a relatively shallow depth of seven kilometres (four
miles). Residents said the quake was felt strongly in East Lombok.
BSS/AFP/GMR/1108 hrs