A shallow, magnitude 6.4 earthquake early Sunday killed at least 10 people and injured 40 on Indonesia's Lombok Island, officials said. The island is a popular tourist destination next to Bali. The
U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck at a depth of 7 kilometers, about 4.4 miles.
Dozens of single-story houses and taller buildings and was felt in a wider area, including in Bali. Though no damage or casualties were reported.
East Lombok district was the hardest hit with eight deaths, including a Malaysian national, said a spokesman for Indonesia's Disaster Mitigation Agency, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho. The number of casualties could increase as data was still being collected from other locations on the island, he said.
The quake also triggered a large landslide from Mount Rinjani. Authorities were still monitoring its impact.
In East Lombok and the provincial capital of Mataram, it lasted about 10 seconds, sending residents to flee their homes onto streets and fields, Nugroho said. He said most of the fatalities and injuries were caused by falling slabs of concrete.
