At
least 91 people are now known to have died after a powerful earthquake hit the
Indonesian island of Lombok. Hundreds of people have been wounded by Sunday's
quake, officials say, mostly in the north of the island. The 6.9 magnitude
tremor was fairly shallow, occurring only 30km (18 miles) underground. It
damaged thousands of buildings and triggered power cuts.
About 1,000 foreign tourists are being evacuated from the nearby Gili islands
and at least one person died on Bali. Video footage from Bali, to the west of
Lombok, showed people running from their homes screaming. There have been more
than 130 aftershocks since the quake hit on Sunday morning. A tsunami warning
was issued but was lifted after a few hours.It comes a week after another quake hit Lombok, popular with tourists who visit its beaches and hiking trails. That quake killed at least 16 people.
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