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Agence France-Presse

A string of deadly earthquakes that rocked Indonesia’s Lombok island this summer killed 555 people and injured nearly 1,500, the disaster agency said on Friday, with hundreds of thousands left homeless.
The picturesque island next to holiday hotspot Bali was hit by two deadly quakes on July 29 and August 5. On Sunday it was shaken by a string of fresh tremors and aftershocks, with the strongest measuring 6.9 magnitude.
Indonesia’s disaster agency said on Friday most of the deaths occurred in the northern part of Lombok, with several also killed in neighbouring Sumbawa island.
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Many victims were killed by falling debris as the tremors rippled across the island, causing widespread devastation.
Whole communities were flattened, leaving cracked streets lined with rubble, caved-in roofs and collapsed buildings.

Some 390,000 people remain displaced after the quakes, the disaster agency said.
Aid organisations have vowed to step up humanitarian assistance on the island as devastated residents struggle in makeshift displacement camps.


They warned that access to food, shelter and clean water has been insufficient for some residents displaced by the disasters.
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“We’ve deployed troops to isolated villages that are difficult to reach,” disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.
“There are many villages... that are hard to access with motorbikes. Some aid has to be delivered on foot.”
Rebuilding costs are estimated to top 7 trillion rupiah (US$478 million).
Indonesia sits on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, where tectonic plates collide and many of the world’s volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur.
In 2004, a massive 9.1 magnitude quake struck off the coast of Sumatra and triggered a tsunami that killed 220,000 throughout the region, including 168,000 in Indonesia alone.


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Indonesian earthquake death toll reaches 555 while 390,000 remain displaced

People affected by earthquakes attend a morning prayer marking Eid ul-Adha on Indonesia’s Lombok island. Photo: AP

Children cover themselves with towels after a bath near their home destroyed by last week's earthquake in North Lombok, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018. Almost 390,000 people, about 10 percent of Lombok's population, are homeless or displaced after the earthquake, which damaged and destroyed about 68,000 homes. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

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Most of the deaths occurred in the northern part of Lombok, with several also killed in neighbouring Sumbawa island


Most of the deaths occurred in the northern part of Lombok, with several also killed in neighbouring Sumbawa island.


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Indonesian earthquake death toll reaches 555 while 390,000 remain displaced

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Most of the deaths occurred in the northern part of Lombok, with several also killed in neighbouring Sumbawa island

Most of the deaths occurred in the northern part of Lombok, with several also killed in neighbouring Sumbawa island