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A strong earthquake has hit a region of the densely-populated Lombok island in Indonesia, home to over 3 million. At least 10 people died as a result of the quake.

29.07.2018 - Strong 6.4 Magnitude Quake Rocks Tourist Island in Indonesia - USGS (Photos)
Strong 6.4 Magnitude Quake Rocks Tourist Island in Indonesia - USGS

A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake has hit the Lombok region in Indonesia, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Indonesian authority reported that at least three people died as a result of the earthquake. The death toll was updated to 10 nearly an hour later. There were also several reports on social media about structures damaged by the quake.

The epicenter of the quake was reportedly some 80 miles (128.75 km) northeast of the island's main city of Mataram at a depth of some 360 miles.

The earthquakes above 6.0 magnitude are considered strong and can be felt hundreds of miles/kilometers from the epicenter and cause damage to structures in populated areas.
 
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A strong earthquake has hit a region of the densely-populated Lombok island in Indonesia, home to over 3 million. At least 10 people died as a result of the quake.

29.07.2018 - Strong 6.4 Magnitude Quake Rocks Tourist Island in Indonesia - USGS (Photos)
Strong 6.4 Magnitude Quake Rocks Tourist Island in Indonesia - USGS

A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake has hit the Lombok region in Indonesia, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Indonesian authority reported that at least three people died as a result of the earthquake. The death toll was updated to 10 nearly an hour later. There were also several reports on social media about structures damaged by the quake.

The epicenter of the quake was reportedly some 80 miles (128.75 km) northeast of the island's main city of Mataram at a depth of some 360 miles.

The earthquakes above 6.0 magnitude are considered strong and can be felt hundreds of miles/kilometers from the epicenter and cause damage to structures in populated areas.
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Earthquake, Magnitude 6.9 - LOMBOK REGION, INDONESIA - 2018 August 05, 11:46:37 UTC
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05.08.2018 - Tsunami Warning Issued After Magnitude 7 Quake Hits Indonesian Island (Video)
Tsunami Warning Issued After Magnitude 7 Quake Hits Indonesian Island (VIDEO)

The Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics BMKG on Sunday issued a tsunami warning following a powerful 7-magnitude earthquake in the area of the Lombok Island, located in the south of the country.

According to the data of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the quake was registered at a depth of 10.5 kilometers (6.5 miles), two kilometers to the east-southeast of the Loloan settlement in the north of the island at 11:46 GMT.

There have been no immediate reports about casualties or damage caused by the earthquake.

Last week, a 6.4-magnitude quake on Lombok killed 14 people.
 
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Thu Aug 09, 2018 - Another Strong Quake Shakes Indonesia's Lombok as Death Toll from Earlier Earthquake Jumps to 347
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At least 347 people have been confirmed dead after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia, according to local media, citing an emergency official, while a new quake hit the island of Lombok on Thursday.

The death toll was reported at a meeting of authorities earlier on Wednesday, local National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) official Iwan Asmara told Antara News.

Authorities are still searching through the rubble left behind on Lombok Island, still hoping to find survivors.

“We don’t know for sure how many people are alive under the rubble,” BNPB spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho told reporters, stating that “there are reports... that there are people buried alive, it is a critical time for immediate evacuation".

A new quake also hit the island of Lombok on Thursday. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, the epicenter of the quake was Northeast of the city of Mataram, with a population of 319,000 people. The seismic origin is reported to be some at the depth of 12 kilometers.

The earthquake came just one week after Lombok was hit by a 6.4-magnitude quake that killed 17 people.
 
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Lombok lifted 10 inches by quake that killed nearly 400
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This graphic made available by NASA shows a map of new satellite data produced by scientists with NASA/Caltech's Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis project (ARIA) showing ground deformation on the resort island of Lombok, Indonesia following a deadly earthquake on Aug. 5, 2018. Scientists say the powerful Indonesian earthquake that killed more than 300 people lifted the island it struck by as much as 25 centimeters (10 inches). (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Copernicus/ESA via AP)

Lombok lifted 10 inches by quake that killed nearly 400

Aug. 11, 2018 - TANJUNG, Indonesia (AP) — Scientists say the powerful Indonesian earthquake that killed nearly 400 people lifted the island it struck by as much as 25 centimeters (10 inches).

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency said on Saturday that 387 people died, jumping from the 321 it reported the previous day, as search and rescue teams continued to sift through the rubble and people already buried by relatives are accounted for.

Using satellite images of Lombok from the days following the Aug. 5 quake, scientists from NASA and the California Institute of Technology's joint rapid imaging project made a ground deformation map and measured changes in the island's surface.

In the northwest of the island near the epicenter, the rupturing faultline lifted the earth by a quarter of a meter. In other places it dropped by 5-15 centimeters (2-6 inches).

NASA said satellite observations can help authorities respond to earthquakes and other natural or manmade disasters.

Almost 390,000 people, about 10 percent of Lombok's population, are homeless or displaced after the earthquake, which damaged and destroyed about 68,000 homes.

Disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said three districts in the north of Lombok still haven't received any assistance. The governor of West Nusa Tenggara province, which includes Lombok, has extended the official emergency period by two weeks to Aug. 25.

"It's estimated the death toll will continue to grow because there are still victims who are suspected of being buried by landslides and collapsed buildings and there are deaths that have not been recorded," Nugroho said.

The number of evacuees fluctuates, he said, because not all evacuee points have been counted and some people tend to their gardens and properties during the day and return to the tent camps at night. Some people don't need to evacuate because their homes aren't damaged but have come to refugee centers because they feel traumatized.

Nearly a week since the 7.0 quake, Lombok is still reeling but glimmers of normality were returning for some and devout villagers are making plans for temporary replacements of mosques that were flattened.

Lombok, a popular and less developed tourist destination than neighboring Bali, was hit by three strong quakes in little over a week and has endured more than 500 aftershocks.

A July 29 quake killed 16 people. An aftershock measuring magnitude 5.9 on Thursday caused panic, more damage and more than two dozen injuries.

Indonesia is prone to earthquakes because of its location on the "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin. In December 2004, a massive magnitude 9.1 earthquake off Sumatra triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries.
 
12.08.2018 - Central Alaska Hit by Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake
Central Alaska Hit by Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake

United States Geological Survey registered a strong 6.5 magnitude earthquake in central Alaska on Sunday.

According to the agency, the epicenter lay at the depth of 2.8 kilometers and 60.9 km south-west of Elupak and 564.3 km north-east of College with the population of some 13, 000 people.

Last month, a 6.0 magnitude quake had hit the southern part of Alaska Peninsula.

Earlier this year, Alaska saw a major earthquake of 7.9 magnitudes some 280 kilometers southeast of Kodiak. The quale prompted tsunami warnings and made residents along the Gulf of Alaska to be evacuated to shelters.
 
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12.08.2018 - Central Alaska Hit by Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake
Central Alaska Hit by Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake

United States Geological Survey registered a strong 6.5 magnitude earthquake in central Alaska on Sunday.

According to the agency, the epicenter lay at the depth of 2.8 kilometers and 60.9 km south-west of Elupak and 564.3 km north-east of College with the population of some 13, 000 people.

Last month, a 6.0 magnitude quake had hit the southern part of Alaska Peninsula.

Earlier this year, Alaska saw a major earthquake of 7.9 magnitudes some 280 kilometers southeast of Kodiak. The quale prompted tsunami warnings and made residents along the Gulf of Alaska to be evacuated to shelters.
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13.08.2018 - At Least 5 People Wounded in Magnitude 5.0 Earthquake in China - Reports
At Least 5 People Wounded in Magnitude 5.0 Earthquake in China - Reports

A powerful 5.0-magnitude earthquake in China's southwestern Yunnan province left at least five people injured, local media reported on Monday.

The quake hit the province's Tonghai county at 01:44 a.m. on Monday [17:44 GMT on Sunday], the CGTN broadcaster reported, citing the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).

Those wounded had been hospitalized and were in stable condition, the outlet added.

The authorities are reportedly conducting a rescue operation in the area.

Previous August, a powerful earthquake struck the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. It hit an area close to the Jiuzhaigou nature reserve, a tourist destination. Another powerful quake was registered shortly after in the same province.
 
The recent Alaska earthquake continues with with many aftershocks.

Shallow M6.1 earthquake hits northern Alaska - 47 quakes in the last 24 hours -- Sott.net


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Why did 🤔 the https://www.safelivealert.com/singl...-en-Guerrero-🇲🇽-no-activó-la-alerta-sísmica-🚨 … m 5.2 in Guerrero 🇲🇽 not activate the seismic alert? 🚨 Read the explanation: #ttps://t.co/V8kpMR6K6M
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This morning SafeLiveAlert warned of a moderate to strong earthquake on the north coast of Guerrero, minutes after having notified the SSN announced the magnitude.

M5.2 was calculated with an epicenter 14 km west of Tecpan de Galeana, Guerrero. Perception was reported in Acapulco, San Marcos, Ayutla, Chilpancingo, Coyuca, Tecpan, San Jerónimo, Lázaro Cárdenas, Ixtapa, Petatlán, Iguala, Cuernavaca and slightly in CDMX and EDOMEX.

Several people asked why the seismic alert was not activated, the explanation is as follows:

During the first seconds of detection the SASMEX system determined that the intensity and energy of the earthquake did not represent a risk for any city, because the perception and effects would be very light.

In summary, the warning system did not fail, simply the earthquake was not intense enough to activate the systems despite their "high" magnitude.

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Strongest Quake on Record Hits Alaska's North Slope

Alaska's North Slope was hit Sunday by the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the region, the state's seismologist says. At 6:58am Sunday, the magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck an area 42 miles east of Kavik River Camp and 343 miles northeast of Fairbanks, the state's second-biggest city, the AP reports. The US Geological Survey says the earthquake had a depth of about 6 miles. State seismologist Mike West tells the Anchorage Daily News that the earthquake was the biggest recorded in the North Slope by a substantial amount. "This is a very significant event that will take us some time to understand," he says.

The previous most powerful quake in the North Slope was in 1995 at magnitude 5.2, West says. The jump from a 5.2 to Sunday's 6.4 is significant because earthquakes rapidly grow in strength as magnitude rises, he says. A magnitude 6.4 earthquake is 15.8 times bigger and 63.1 times stronger than a 5.2 earthquake, according to the US Geological Survey. "That's why at 6.4 this changes how we think about the region," West says "It's a little early to say how, but it's safe to say this earthquake will cause a re-evaluation of the seismic potential of that area." Later Sunday, another magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit at 1:15pm near the city of Kaktovik on Alaska's North Slope, the US Geological Survey says.
 
16.08.2018 - Magnitude 5.3 Earthquake Strikes Northwest of Italy - USGS
Magnitude 5.3 Earthquake Strikes Northwest of Italy - USGS

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 struck Italy on Thursday, 72 km (45 miles) northwest of Foggia, near the Adriatic coast, at a depth of 12 km, the US Geological Survey said.

No further details are available at the moment. There are no immediate reports of casualties or damages, caused by the quake.
 
19.08.2018 - Powerful 8.2 Magnitude Quake Hits Fiji Islands - USGS
Powerful 8.2 Magnitude Quake Hits Fiji Islands - Reports

The tremors were registered at 00:19 GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was located 281 kilometers (about 175 miles) northeast of the Ndoi Island at the depth of 560 kilometers, the US Geological Survey said.

The Tsunami Warning Center said in a statement that no tsunami threat was declared in the Pacific region despite the powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake that hit the Fiji Islands on Sunday.

"Based on all available data… there is no tsunami threat because the earthquake is located too deep inside the earth," the statement said.

The Fiji Islands are located in a seismically active zone known as the Ring of Fire and regularly suffer from powerful earthquakes. According to the US Geological Survey, over the past months, Fiji has experienced more than a dozen of earthquakes greater than magnitude 4.
 
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