Indonesia earthquake: Is there a tsunami warning in Lombok? Can you travel to Bali
New Delhi: There is news of a strong earthquake coming in Indonesia. This earthquake has been felt around six o'clock on Sunday evening.The island of Lombok, Indonesia, is considered to be the center of this earthquake, as well as the earthquake capacity 7 on the Richter scale.
Tsunami warning has also been issued by the government.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said that the magnitude of this earthquake was 7 and its center was only 10 kilometers below the ground.
Officials have issued a warning of Tsunami and appealed to people not to go to sea.
D. Karnavati, officer of the Meteorological, Climate Science and Geophysics Agency, told the local television channel, 'Please be calm and do not panic.'
Let us tell you that just a week ago, Indonesia had a tremendous earthquake on Long Island, in which at least 16 people had died.
Several buildings were destroyed in this earthquake while dozens were injured.
The center of this earthquake, which came on Sunday, was located 7 kilometers from the surface in 50 kilometers north-east of Mataram of Lombok. Mataram's population is 3,19,000.
However, there is no news of loss of any kind in the initial information. When the earthquake felt shock, people came out of homes, hotels and restaurants. Let me tell you that 17 people died in this earthquake a week ago. At that time, the intensity of earthquake was recorded 6.4.
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