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Agence France-Presse

Indonesia on Monday sent rescuers fanning out across the holiday island of Lombok and evacuated more than 2,000 tourists after a powerful earthquake killed at least 98 people and damaged thousands of buildings.
The shallow 6.9-magnitude quake sparked terror among tourists and locals alike, coming just a week after another deadly tremor surged through Lombok and killed 17 people.
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Rescuers searched for survivors in the rubble of houses, mosques and schools destroyed in the latest disaster on Sunday evening.

National disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said there were fears a number of people were trapped in the ruins of a collapsed mosque in the northern village of Lading-Lading. Footage he posted on Twitter showed the large concrete mosque lying in piles of rubble.

Alat berat sudah datang untuk melakukan evakuasi korban jamaah sholat Isya yang tertimpa masjid roboh di desa Lading-lading, Kec Tanjung Kab Lombok Utara. Korban sedang sholat tiba-tiba atap masjid roboh diguncang gempa 7 sr di Lombok Utara. pic.twitter.com/Goh9LbN8Me
— Sutopo Purwo Nugroho (@Sutopo_PN) August 6, 2018

A lack of heavy equipment and shattered roads were hampering efforts to reach survivors in the mountainous north and east of the island, which had been hardest hit.
Najmul Akhyar, the head of North Lombok district, estimated that 80 per cent of that region was damaged by the quake.
“We expect the number of fatalities to keep rising,” Nugroho said. “All victims who died are Indonesians.”


He said up to 20,000 people may have had to quit their homes on Lombok and paramedics, food and medication were badly needed.
The spokesman said search and rescue teams also rescued between 2,000 and 2,700 tourists from the Gili Islands, three tiny, coral-fringed tropical islands a few kilometres off the northwest coast of Lombok.
Authorities initially said 1,200 people were stuck on the islands but scaled up the figure early in the evening. Some tourists chose to stay behind.

Footage posted online by Nugroho showed hundreds crowded onto powder-white beaches desperately awaiting transport off the normally paradise Gilis.
“We cannot evacuate all of them all at once because we don’t have enough capacity on the boats,” Muhammad Faozal, the head of the tourism agency in West Nusa Tenggara province, told AFP, adding two navy vessels were on their way.
“It’s understandable they want to leave the Gilis, they are panicking.”

Wisatawan asing dsn domestik menunggu evakuasi dari Gili Trawangan, Gilingan Air dan Gili Meno Lombok Utara. Terbatasnya kapal menyebabkan evakuasi bertahap. Tim SAR akan menambah kapal. pic.twitter.com/EZKqwLnQjQ
— Sutopo Purwo Nugroho (@Sutopo_PN) August 6, 2018

By early afternoon, hundreds of weary tourists had arrived with their baggage at Bangsal harbour, the main link between Lombok and the Gilis.
Margret Helgadottir, a holidaymaker from Iceland, described people screaming as the roof of her hotel on one of the islands collapsed.
“We just froze: thankfully we were outside,” she said tearfully from a harbour in Lombok to where she had been evacuated. “Everything went black, it was terrible.”
Seven Indonesian holidaymakers died on the largest of the three islands, Gili Trawangan, while another local woman died on nearby Bali.

But it was Lombok which bore the brunt of Sunday evening’s quake.
The shallow tremor sent thousands of residents and tourists scrambling outdoors, where many spent the night as strong aftershocks including one of 5.3-magnitude rattled the island.
The quake knocked out power in many areas and parts of Lombok remained without electricity on Monday.
Hundreds of bloodied and bandaged victims were treated outside damaged hospitals in the main city of Mataram and other hard-hit areas.
Patients lay on beds under wards set up in tents, surrounded by drip stands and monitors, as doctors in blue scrubs attended to them.

Anguished relatives were huddled around loved ones in front of the main clinic in Mataram, as medical staff struggled to cope with hundreds of patients. Many were yet to be attended to despite spending the night out in the open.
“I feel restless sleeping in a tent, I can’t be at peace,” Nurhayati said outside one hospital where she had taken her sick 70-year-old mother.
“What we really need now are paramedics, we are short-staffed. We also need medications,” said Supriadi, a spokesman for Mataram general hospital.

Bali’s international airport suffered damage to its terminal but the runway was unaffected and operations had returned to normal. Disaster agency officials said. Lombok airport was also operating.
Indonesia, one of the world’s most disaster-prone nations, straddles the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, where tectonic plates collide and many of the world’s volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur.
The Hong Kong Immigration Department said it received help requests from eight Hong Kong residents whose travel was disrupted. A spokesperson said they were safe and help was being provided.
The Hong Kong Immigration Department urged Hong Kong residents who need help to call its 24-hour helpline at (852) 1868.


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Chief Water Police of Lombok Dewa Wijaya takes a picture in front of hundreds of people trying to leave the Gili Islands after an earthquake in Gili Trawangan, Lombok, Indonesia. Photo: Reuters

Foreign tourists queue to leave Lombok Island after an earthquake hit, as seen at Lombok International Airport, Indonesia, August 6, 2018. REUTERS/Beawiharta

A man is transferred to a makeshift ward set up outside the Moh. Ruslan hospital in Mataram on the Indonesian island of Lombok on August 6, 2018, the morning after a 6.9 magnitude stuck the island. Indonesian security forces and emergency workers raced on August 6 to rescue survivors of the powerful earthquake on Lombok that killed at least 82 people, as strong aftershocks sparked terror on the holiday island that suffered another deadly quake just a week ago. / AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY

An injured boy receives medical help at a makeshift ward set up outside the Moh. Ruslan hospital in Mataram on the Indonesian island of Lombok on August 6, 2018, the morning after a 6.9 magnitude stuck the island. Indonesian security forces and emergency workers raced on August 6 to rescue survivors of the powerful earthquake on Lombok that killed at least 82 people, as strong aftershocks sparked terror on the holiday island that suffered another deadly quake just a week ago. / AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY

A man cleans up at a building damaged by an earthquake in Bali, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 6, 2018. A powerful earthquake struck the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok on Sunday, shaking neighboring Bali, one week after another quake on Lombok killed more than a dozen. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

A damaged home is seen following a strong earthquake in Pemenang, North Lombok, Indonesia August 6, 2018 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Ahmad Subaidi/ via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. INDONESIA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN INDONESIA.

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Residents evacuate by motorcycle following an earthquake. Photo: Reuters

This picture taken on July 29, 2018 shows an Indonesian village security officer examining the debris of houses, after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck, in Lombok. At least 16 people were killed in the earthquake after it struck Lombok early on July 29, while hundreds of buildings were destroyed. / AFP PHOTO / AULIA AHMAD

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It was the second quake in a week to hit Lombok and authorities said at least 98 people were killed


It was the second quake in a week to hit Lombok and authorities said at least 98 people were killed.


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