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Tsunami Warning Issued After Magnitude 7 Quake Hits Indonesian Island (VIDEO)

© AFP 2023 / RITA SISWATIHospital staff treat patients outside a hospital after an earthquake rocked Indonesia's Lombok island, in Mataram on August 5, 2018.
Hospital staff treat patients outside a hospital after an earthquake rocked Indonesia's Lombok island, in Mataram on August 5, 2018. - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - 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.

READ MORE: Strong 6.4 Magnitude Quake Rocks Tourist Island in Indonesia — USGS

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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