(UTV|COLOMBO) – A magnitude 6.2 aftershock rocked Indonesia’s Lombok on Thursday (09), sparking fresh panic on the tropical tourist island as the official death toll from a powerful earthquake four-days earlier jumped to 319.
Reuters witnesses reporting on the aftermath of Sunday’s (05) quake in the North of the island said buildings and walls that had already been weakened collapsed, and people ran out onto roads even as rocks tumbled down from hillsides.
The number forced from their homes in the disaster has soared to 270,000, the National Disaster Agency said, with around 1,000 people severely injured.
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