Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Rocks Indonesia's Lombok Island: USGS
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published August 19, 2018 | 03:01 PM
Lombok, Indonesia, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Aug, 2018 ) :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.
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