Iran condoles with Indonesia over deadly earthquake

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News ID: 27006
Iran » Iran
Publish Date: 15:37 - 06 August 2018
TEHRAN, August 6 - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi extended condolences to Indonesian nation and government over the devastating earthquake.

Iran condoles with Indonesia over deadly earthquakeTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - The popular Indonesian resort island of Lombok, already under a weeklong state of emergency, was struck once again on Sunday by a powerful earthquake. At least 82 people were killed in the quake, which was also felt on Bali, just to the west, the country’s National Disaster Management Board said.

Television footage showed panicked residents and tourists fleeing to safety on both islands, especially after a warning that the quake and major aftershocks could cause a tsunami.

Most of the people killed in the magnitude-7.0 quake, which was first announced as a magnitude 6.8 and then revised upward, were from the northern and western regions of Lombok.

 

 

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