On the night of August 5, a 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Lombok and nearby Bali. The northern area of Lombok was badly affected, with thousands of buildings damaged or destroyed. Indonesian authorities are still working to evacuate and shelter those in need, and have issued varying updates, but at least 250 deaths and many hundreds of injuries have been reported so far, and tens of thousands have been left homeless. The area was hit by a 6.4-magnitude foreshock on July 29, and has experienced a number of aftershocks, including a 5.9-magnitude tremor yesterday.
Images From the Lombok Island Earthquake
1. In this August 6, 2018, photo, rescue teams search for victims in an earthquake-damaged mosque in North Lombok, Indonesia.
2. People react immediately to the earthquake in Ampenan district, Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia, on August 5, 2018.
3. Indonesians stand on a road outside a mall in Bali's capital, Denpasar, on August 5, 2018, after a major earthquake rocked neighboring Lombok.
4. Bikes are covered in debris at a mall in Denpasar on August 5, 2018.
5. Patients gather outside a government hospital near Denpasar, Bali, on August 5, 2018.
6. A woman injured during the earthquake walks outside the North Lombok Hospital in Tanjung, North Lombok, Indonesia, on August 6, 2018.
7. A damaged home is seen after the earthquake in Pemenang, North Lombok, on August 6, 2018.
8. A man looks at debris from his partially collapsed home in Lendang Bajur Hamlet, Lombok, on August 6, 2018.
9. Cracked concrete and damaged houses are pictured in Pemenang, in northern Lombok, on August 6, 2018.
10. Residents sit outside their home with their belongings after the earthquake in Pemenang, North Lombok, on August 6, 2018.
11. Foreign tourists pull their suitcases as they walk past damaged buildings after the earthquake in Pemenang, North Lombok, on August 6, 2018.
12. The chief of the water police of Lombok, Dewa Wijaya, takes a picture in front of hundreds of people attempting to leave the Gili Islands after the earthquake on August 6, 2018, in this handout picture obtained by Reuters from social media.
13. Boats arrive to evacuate people from the island of Gili Trawangan, Lombok, Indonesia, on August 6, 2018, in this still image taken from a drone video obtained from social media.
14. An aerial view of the collapsed Jamiul Jamaah mosque, where rescue workers and soldiers searched for earthquake victims in Pemenang, North Lombok, on August 8, 2018.
15. An internal view of a damaged traditional arts-and-crafts central office is seen after an earthquake shook eastern Indonesia on August 6, 2018, in the Karang Asem district of Bali.
16. People search for their belongings among collapsed houses following the earthquake in Tanjung on Lombok on August 7, 2018.
17. An injured woman looks out from the back of a truck while being driven past an area affected by the earthquake in Tanjung, Lombok, on August 7, 2018.
18. Indonesian search-and-rescue teams look for victims at a collapsed mosque in Tanjung on August 7, 2018.
19. A volunteer crawls beneath rubble while soldiers try to find survivors at a collapsed house in Pemenang on August 7, 2018.
20. Rescue workers and soldiers carry a woman who survived after being trapped in rubble since Sunday's earthquake in Tanjung, North Lombok, on August 7, 2018.
21. An earthquake survivor receives medical attention at the Moh. Ruslan hospital in Mataram, in West Nusa Tenggara province, on August 7, 2018.
22. A view of damaged houses in the village of Gumantar on August 8, 2018.
23. A collapsed mosque is lit by the sunset in the Kayangan subdistrict of North Lombok on August 8, 2018, three days after the earthquake hit.
24. A military paramedic tends to a boy who suffered head injuries from Sunday's earthquake at a makeshift hospital in Kayangan, Lombok, on August 8, 2018.
25. A resident shows a photo of missing victims believed to be trapped inside a collapsed building, as rescue workers continue searching in Pemenang on August 8, 2018.
26. Residents pray outside a temporary shelter in Pemenang on August 8, 2018.
27. Horses wander empty streets after foreign and domestic tourists fled following Sunday's earthquake on Gili Trawangan Island, Indonesia, on August 9, 2018.
28. An Indonesian soldier (right) tries to calm people shortly after an aftershock hits the area in Tanjung on Lombok island on August 9, 2018.
29. An Indonesian woman cries with her children shortly after an aftershock hit the area in Tanjung on August 9, 2018.
30. A broken jetty is photographed after Sunday's earthquake hit Gili Trawangan Island, August 9, 2018.
31. Fallen bicycles remain after the earthquake on Gili Trawangan Island on August 9, 2018, in Lombok, Indonesia.
32. A man guides a horse onto a boat to transport it to the mainland following Sunday's earthquake on Gili Trawangan, Lombok, Indonesia, on August 9, 2018.