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5 August 2018 Lombok Earthquake
5 August 2018 · Lombok Island · Indonesia
On 5 August 2018 at 11:46 UTC, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Indonesia (Lombok Island), at a depth of 34 km. It occurred on the Sunda Plate, 337 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 560 people and injured 7,733.
- Date
- 5 August 2018
- Time
- 11:46 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.9
- Depth
- 34 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 560
- Injuries
- 7,733
- Homes Damaged
- 83,392
- Estimated Damage
- 509 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (2.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Sunda Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Rinjani (18 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 201819 August 2018 Lombok Earthquake · M 6.911 deaths
- 2018July 2018 Lombok Earthquake · M 6.417 deaths
- 19791979 Bali Earthquake · M 6.327 deaths
- 1979Sumbawa Island · M 5.822 deaths
- 19761976 Bali Earthquake · M 6.5573 deaths
- 1917Bali · M 6.61,500 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth