What the records say
- When
- 19 Aug 2018
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 8.34° S, 116.60° E
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 1
- Source quake magnitude
- 6.3
- Runups
- 0
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
19 August 2018 Lombok earthquake
Earthquake in Indonesia
On 19 August 2018 a major earthquake struck with high intensity on the northeast corner of Lombok and northwest Sumbawa at 22:56 local time, a few km to the east of a series of quakes that had been rocking the area for the past 3 weeks. It was measured at Mw 6.9 (USGS), at a depth of 21.0 km. The Indonesian BMKG announced that it was a new major earthquake and not an aftershock.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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