The tsunami that reached the beaches around the Strait of Sunda on Saturday night is the last of a series of disasters that hit Indonesia last year. The country got already earlier this year...
On Wednesday, British Queen Elizabeth joined the long queue of Heads of State who expressed their sympathy to the Indonesian President Joko Widodo with the victims of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami on the island of Sulawesi.
During the earthquake and tsunami last Friday on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, 1407 people were killed. This has communicated the emergency response. The number of wounded has risen to over 2,500.
The Indonesian island of Sulawesi has been hit by two powerful earthquakes. Certainly one person was killed and at least ten other people were injured. 'We expect more damage and more victims,' stressed a spokesman for the emergency response service.
The Indonesian island of Lombok is facing a malaria outbreak after a series of earthquakes in July and August, causing hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes. The authorities have declared the emergency medical condition.
The death toll due to the heavy earthquakes on the Indonesian island of Lombok has risen to 555. The Indonesian emergency response service BNPB reports this Friday. At least 77,000 houses have been destroyed by the earthquakes. Almost 400,000 islanders live in emergency shelters.
Tourists in Bali have once again been startled by an earthquake. There was no panic, but there are vacationers who now prefer to leave the paradise island as quickly as possible. 'At Lombok it also started with a slight quake.'
The Indonesian island of Bali is startled by an earthquake with a force of 5.2. Dutch tourists were 'awakened' by the quake at 6.48 am (local time) in the morning.
The earthquakes that hit the Indonesian island of Lombok on Sunday have again killed several people. Victims have also fallen on Sumbawa. The emergency response service BNPB reported five deaths and dozens injured on Monday. Other sources say that at least eleven people were killed, two of whom were affected by a heart attack.
Lombok was hit by a new heavy earthquake with the force of 7.2.
The Indonesian island of Lombok was shaken again by two earthquakes around noon on Sunday. Many homes have already been damaged or collapsed by the series of earthquakes in recent weeks and people are sleeping in tents. Yet the fear was good again on Sunday. 'It happened again on a Sunday, very special,' says Sekar Jong (18), who experienced all earthquakes. 'It is so sad to see, everyone gets completely panicked every time.'
Fiji was hit by a heavy earthquake on Sunday. The quake had a magnitude of 8.2 on the Richter scale. That reports the American Geological Service. The epicenter was at a depth of 560 kilometers at less than 70 kilometers east of the island of Lakeba. There seems to be no question of damage or injury.
Lombok was again hit by an earthquake on Sunday. The quake had a strength of 6.3 on the Richter scale.
The EU is giving financial support to the victims of the heavy earthquake on Lombok. The European Commission is donating 500,000 euros extra for emergency humanitarian aid, according to a spokesman. Last week, Brussels sent 150,000 euros to the Indonesian Red Cross for emergency supplies in the east and north of the island.
The official death toll due to the Sunday earthquake on Lombok has risen to 387. This is reported by the BNPB emergency response service. About 13,700 people have been injured by the violence of nature and 400,000 people have had to leave their homes. The death toll is likely to rise even further, there are still people stuck in collapsed houses or mud.
The official death toll due to the Sunday earthquake on Lombok has risen to 321. This is reported by the BNPB emergency response service.
The Indonesian island of Lombok has once again been startled by a powerful earthquake. According to the first reports, it had a force of 6.2. Witnesses say that a number of buildings have collapsed. People ran out into the street in panic.
The death toll after the earthquake in Lombok is running extremely fast. The authorities reported 105 fatalities and 236 serious injuries earlier in the day, now the counter is 347 dead.
Facebook regrets that users who posted messages about the earthquake on Lombok, sometimes saw balloons and confetti appear on their screens. This is due to a translation error, message Motherboard.
All Dutch people who want to leave the Lombok and Gili islands hit by an earthquake have left or have a prospect of departure.
The emergency services in Indonesia found more bodies between the rubble of collapsed buildings after the earthquake on Lombok. The death toll has risen to 131, reports a spokesperson for the emergency response service BNPB. According to him, the number of deaths will increase even further.
The death toll due to the earthquake on Lombok has increased further. A spokesperson for the BNPB emergency response service spoke about 105 deceased victims.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague advises people to travel to the Indonesian island of Lombok and the nearby Gili Islands.
Rescue workers still find survivors two days after the earthquake on Lombok. They took a man from the rubble of a mosque. A woman could also be rescued from a collapsed shop after a lifelong rescue operation. Residents had been alarmed when they heard the victim call for help.
The authorities in Indonesia fear that the death toll due to the earthquake Sunday on Lombok, which has certainly claimed 98 lives, will rise further. Care workers suspect that there are still many people under the rubble.
A day after the heavy earthquake at Lombok, foreign tourists try to leave the Indonesian island on Monday. There are long lines of waiting at Mataram airport and airline Garuda is using additional flights.
After the heavy earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok many people spend the night in the open air. This is reported by the Red Cross aid organization. With many, the fear is still in after the island was hit by a quake with a force of 7.0 on Sunday evening (local time), with at least three deaths.
During the earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok, according to local authorities, at least three deaths occurred. There was also considerable damage to buildings. There are no reports of any injuries. The quake had a force of 7.0.
A few hundred hikers are still stuck on the volcano Rinjani a day after the earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok. They were locked in there after the powerful quake with a force of 6.4 Sunday morning made some pedestrian routes impassable.
