​Nama:Amelia Nur Isnaini

Prodi:TBI
Lombok has been hit by another series of
earthquakes including a major 6.9 magnitude
quake, which left one person dead and caused to
run out into the streets in panic.
The latest tremors arrived two weeks after a 7.0
magnitude earthquake killed 460 people on the
island and caused damage worth more than 5
trillion rupiah (268 million)
Video shot by Indonesian Red Cross showed
huge clouds of dust billowing from landslides on
the slopes of Mount Rinjani in the northeast
Power outages were reported to have left parts
of Lombok in "pitch black conditions"
I was in a restaurant when the shaking started.
The lights when out, they are still out. Everyone
is still outside, not going back in "said Teddy
Aditya, an official at indonesia's search and
rescue agency in Lombok's capital.
We are urging the publik not to panic and stay
away from buildings and big trees. We are also
urging them not to believe hoaxes and false
information.
One person died from a heart attack during the
first major quake of 6.3 magnitude at arround 1
p.m local time on sunday and nearly 100 houses
near epicentre were severely damaged
according to the national disaster management
agency.
It was followed nine hours later by another
major earthquake of magnitude 6.9 and least two
further aftershocks of magnitude 5.9 and 5.5
The most powerful quakes were felt as far away
as Bali, where foreign tourists rushed out of
buildings in fear they might collaps, accordings
in fear they might collapse, according to disaster
agency spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.
Electric PLN outages throghout Lombok Mr
Nugroho tweeted Pitch black conditions. East
Lombok, Lombok, West sumbawa and the north
felt the shocks of earthquake.
Indonesia, a sprawling archipelago that
straddles the pacific Ring of Fire is prone to
earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
My opinion: we can significantly mitigate their
effects by identifiying hazards, building safer
structures and providing education on
earthquake safety.