Last Tuesday, the Sulawesi islands counted its toll: at least 70 people were killed as rivers burst their banks and landslides buried village homes.
Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates.Want to discuss real-world problems, be involved in the most engaging discussions and hear from the journalists? Stream weakening was also behind the prolonged 2018 European summer drought, according to Potsdam's PIK climate institute. Our children, Astrid, 5, Hendrik, 21 [months], bewildered and frightened by violent shaking, are back asleep from 7.0 earthquake in Lombok, 73 miles away.It was the second deadly earthquake in a week to hit Lombok. One of the names she gave the baby boy was 'Gempa', which means earthquake.Her husband suffered cuts to his head and legs in the chaos.Rui Grilo tweeted: “Felt it in the south coast of Lombok too. Trembling. South Of Lombok, Indonesia has had: (M1.5 or greater) 0 earthquakes in the past 24 hours 3 earthquakes in the past 365 days On Lombok, soldiers and other rescuers carried injured people on stretchers and carpets to an evacuation centre.“A lot of officials were urging people not to panic.”Najmul Akhyar, district chief of north Lombok, told MetroTV three people had been killed, although he was unable to assess the whole situation due to an electrical blackout.“Have read it’s hit Lombok hard again so I hope anyone over there keeps safe.”National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho told a news conference damage was “massive” in the north of Lombok. Severe shaking was reported throughout the entire island, while strong shaking was Rescuers are scrambling to find survivors in the rubble. A 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck the country seeing as … Im stilll shaking this is so scary. "We are just thankful to God and also to the hotel staff who really helped us. An aftershock measuring magnitude-5.9 on Thursday caused … Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar, Mataram, Praya.How did you react? Avalanche warnings were in place on the Sierra Nevada, loaded with snow from storms in January.Two tourists were killed in the landslide and 44 other people were injured, said an official from Indonesia's disaster agency. People filled the streets,” said Michelle Lindsay, an Australian tourist.Take That singer Garry Barlow was reportedly in Lombok, while model Chrissy Teigen was on Bali, when the earthquake hit. "English-speaking residents and holidaymakers described what happened on social media – with many saying it was the biggest earthquake they’d ever felt.- Felt across great distances with major damage mostly limited to 250 km from epicenter.At least 142 people have been killed, Indonesian disaster agency officials have confirmed.Dutch tourist Marc Ganbuwalba injured his knee as a stampede of diners rushed from a restaurant after the quake.In 2004, the Indian Ocean tsunami killed 226,000 people in 13 countries, including more than 120,000 in Indonesia. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 10 km ESE of Labuan Lombok, Indonesia. The … You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies to your comment.Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later?