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On 19 August 2018 a major earthquake struck with high intensity on the northeast corner of
On 19 August 2018 a major earthquake struck with high intensity on the northeast corner of Lombok
Lombok, is an island in West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. It forms part of the chain of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the Lombok Strait separating it from Bali to the west and the Alas Strait between it and Sumbawa to the east. It is rou ...
(Sambelia and Labuhan Lombok settlements) and northwest Sumbawa
Sumbawa, is an Indonesian island, located in the middle of the Lesser Sunda Islands chain, with Lombok to the west, Flores to the east, and Sumba further to the southeast. Along with Lombok, it forms the province of West Nusa Tenggara, but th ...
(Poto Tano settlement) at 22:56 local time, a few km to the east of a series of quakes that had been rocking the area for the past 3 weeks. It was measured at 6.9 (USGS), at a depth of 21.0 km. The Indonesian BMKG announced that it was a new major earthquake and not an aftershock. The earthquake occurred on the same overall structure, the Flores back-arc thrust fault. However, according to scientists, it happened on a different thrust fault as there are many individual structures within the belt. There were 14 deaths and 1800 homes were damaged, around half of them severely, due to this event, including deaths on Sumbawa, following 2 deaths from the previous Lombok quake roughly 24 hours earlier. Heavy tiles fell from the local mosque, and 143 patients were treated outdoors in makeshift tents for injuries on Sumbawa.
See also
* 5 August 2018 Lombok earthquake * July 2018 Lombok earthquakeReferences
External links
* * – This link covers all the July and August Lombok earthquakes. 2018 disasters in Indonesia 2018 earthquakes August 2018 in Indonesia Earthquakes in Indonesia West Nusa Tenggara {{Indonesia-hist-stub