At least 91 people were killed when a powerful quake rocked the Indonesian resort islands of Lombok and Bali, the disaster mitigation agency said on Monday.
Most of the victims were on the northern side of Lombok, near the epicenter of the 6.9 magnitude quake that hit in the early evening of Sunday. Two people died on the neighbouring island of Bali, agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.
He said the death toll was expected to rise further as more data became available.
“Data collection continues and (rescue) efforts are still ongoing,” Nugroho told a news conference, adding that there were no foreigners among the victims so far.
At least 209 people were injured.
It’s believed no Australians have been injured in the quake.
The death toll is set to rise further as some affected areas have yet to be reached by rescuers, warned Indonesian National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.
The magnitude-7 tremor struck just 10km underground about 6.46pm Jakarta time (9.46pm AEST), according to the US Geological Survey, and shook neighbouring Bali.
It was followed by two light to moderate secondary quakes and nearly two dozen aftershocks.
It was the second deadly quake to hit Lombok, whose beaches and hiking trails draw holiday-makers from around the world, in a week.
He is hearing reports of “bodies in the streets on Gili Islands”, near the coast of northwest Lombok Island.
Tourists have begun to leave the island, some in bath robes, Lipson said in a post on Twitter.
The latest quake, which triggered a brief tsunami warning, damaged buildings as far away as Bali’s Denpasar, including a department store and the airport terminal, authorities say.
