6.3 earthquake hits Indonesia's Lombok Island, no casualty
Lambok, Aug 19 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter Scale hit Indonesia's Lombok island on Sunday, US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
Three previous tremors in the same area had killed over 400 people a few days ago.
As per the USGS website, the earthquake hit at a depth of 10 km and 58 km northeast of Mataram.
A 6.9-magnitude earthquake had hit the area on Aug 5.
It was followed by over 500 aftershocks.
No casualty has been reported in the latest case.
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