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6.2-magnitude quake hits Indonesia's Lombok island
Updated On: 28 August, 2018 03:18 PM IST | Jakarta | IANS
At least 557 people had died and almost 400,000 were displaced due to four quakes of magnitudes between 6.3-6.9, which had struck the Indonesian island of Lombok between July 29 and August 19

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A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's Lombok Island on Tuesday, but no immediate casualties or damages were reported.
Lombok island is undergoing relief work after being hit by a series of quakes since the end of July. Over 500 people have been killed along with a massive infrastructure damage, according to the National Disaster Management Agency. The latest quake occurred at 2.08 p.m. with the epicentre 106 km southeast Kupang of East Nusa Tenggara province and a depth of 10 km, the agency official was cited as saying by Xinhua news agency.
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