Second Quake Hits Lombok Two Weeks After 1st Kills 450 People

On Sunday, a second earth struck the Indonesian island of Lombok, weeks after a strong tremor killed more than 450 people. The 6.3-magnitude quake sent Indonesians into a panic, resulting in people on the island flooding the streets in fear.

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The tremor was felt in the island's capital, Mataram, as well as in neighboring Bali. The earthquake was centered west-southwest of Belanting town in East Lombok, the U.S. Geological Survey said, at a depth of seven kilometers.

“I was driving to deliver aid to evacuees when suddenly the electricity pole was swaying. I realized it was an earthquake. People started to scream and cry. They all ran to the street,” an East Lombok resident told AFP news agency.

AP also reported landslides on the slopes of Mount Rinjani.

According to a disaster mitigation agency, there are no reports of casualties or damage, so far.  Two weeks ago, a huge 6.9-magnitude quake destroyed thousands of buildings across Lombok killing hundreds of people.

In 2004, a tsunami triggered by a magnitude-9.3 undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, in western Indonesia, killed 220,000 people across several countries around the Indian Ocean region, including 168,000 in Indonesia alone.

Indonesia sits on the dreaded Ring of Fire, where tectonic plates collide causing many of the world's volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.