A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Lombok Sunday, sending people fleeing into the streets just two weeks after a tremor killed more than 460 people.
The quake, centred in East Lombok, hit at a relatively shallow depth of seven kilometres (four miles) and was felt across the island, officials said.
But it was less powerful than the deadly quake earlier this month and there were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries.
“The earthquake caused people to panic and flee their houses,” national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho told Metro TV.
“There have been no reports of death or (serious) damage but people are traumatised.”
Landslides were reported in a national park where hundreds of hikers had been trapped on a volcano after a quake in late July. The park has been closed since that incident.
Residents said the latest earthquake…
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