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Indonesia earthquake death toll nearly triples to 347

The state's news agency registered a huge increase in deaths after the 6.9-magnitude earthquake killed Lomokak on Sunday night.



The government-run news agency Anta said that the number of deaths due to the earthquake has increased dramatically to 347

Another Indonesian government agency has placed this figure at 381, which has seen a significant increase from the figure of 131 on Wednesday. The number of dead can still climb higher as the defenders work to free the people trapped in the rubble.

The deadly 6.9 earthquakes hit the Indonesian island on Sunday night, leaving thousands of people homeless.

Officials and organizations, including the army, governor's governor, Lamocock, National Search and Rescue Agency and Rajne of Lucknow have issued toll deaths ranging from 226 to 381.

The National Disaster Agency announced today that they believe that the death rate should be 164, at least 1,400 people have been seriously injured and 156,000 have been displaced.

National Disaster Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho has repeatedly said that the number of deaths will increase. The search and rescue teams are working to reach those people in the worst affected areas, close to the epicentre in Northern Lombok.


After posting about the earthquake on Wednesday, Facebook apologized, his messages were decorated with images of balloons and confetti. Many Indonesian speakers wrote a message using the word "Selamat" on Facebook - which means "safe" but "congratulations" - triggering a celebratory animation.

A Facebook spokesman said, "Automated animation for convenience [greeting] is widely available on Facebook globally. "" Although we are sorry that it appeared in this unfortunate context and has since stopped this facility locally. "

The search and rescue teams are working to reach those people in the worst affected areas, near-epic in Northern Lombok.

The Sunday earthquake triggered at least 230 aftershocks, which was expected to continue for the next two weeks.

The US Geological Survey reported on Monday 11.50 pm the earthquake of 5.2 magnitudes on the banks of the island of Lombok between Senggi and tourist town of Gili Islands. On Tuesday, at around 2.21 am on Sunday, an earthquake of about 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook around 5.4 magnitudes.

Lomocock was killed on July 29 before the 6.4 earthquakes, in which 17 people were killed and several hundred trekkers were thrown on the slopes of the volcano, Mount Ranjani.