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Photos: Aftershocks and rescues continue on Indonesia’s Lombok island

Just days after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the northern tip of Indonesia’s Lombok island, a magnitude 6.2 aftershock rocked Lombok on Thursday, sparking fresh panic on the tropical tourist island reeling under a series of tremors in the past two weeks. Already weakened structured were seen crumbling under pressure as the island fends off a humanitarian crisis, with thousands having been left homeless and in desperate need of clean water, food, medicine and shelter. Thousands of tourists have also left Lombok since Sunday.

Updated on: Aug 10, 2018 10:58 AM IST

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A resident shows a photo of missing victims believed to be trapped inside a collapsed building, as rescue workers continue searching after Sunday’s earthquake in Pemenang, North Lombok, Indonesia. Another aftershock rocked Indonesia’s Lombok on Thursday, sparking fresh panic on the tropical tourist island after a series of tremors in the past two weeks. (Zabur Karuru / Antara Foto / REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 10, 2018 10:58 AM

A resident shows a photo of missing victims believed to be trapped inside a collapsed building, as rescue workers continue searching after Sunday’s earthquake in Pemenang, North Lombok, Indonesia. Another aftershock rocked Indonesia’s Lombok on Thursday, sparking fresh panic on the tropical tourist island after a series of tremors in the past two weeks. (Zabur Karuru / Antara Foto / REUTERS)

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Rescuers and policemen walk on top of a collapsed mosque trying to find survivors in Pemenang. Indonesia’s top security minister, Wiranto, said Thursday, the death toll from Sunday’s earthquake has climbed to 319. The announcement came after an inter-agency meeting convened to resolve wildly different figures for deaths from different agencies. (Beawiharta / REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 10, 2018 10:58 AM

Rescuers and policemen walk on top of a collapsed mosque trying to find survivors in Pemenang. Indonesia’s top security minister, Wiranto, said Thursday, the death toll from Sunday’s earthquake has climbed to 319. The announcement came after an inter-agency meeting convened to resolve wildly different figures for deaths from different agencies. (Beawiharta / REUTERS)

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Motorcycles pass a cracked road at Kayangan district in North Lombok. Officials said about three-quarters of Lombok’s rural north had been without electricity since Sunday, although power had since been restored in most areas. Aid workers have found some hamlets hard to reach because bridges and roads were torn up by the disaster. (Beawiharta / REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 10, 2018 10:58 AM

Motorcycles pass a cracked road at Kayangan district in North Lombok. Officials said about three-quarters of Lombok’s rural north had been without electricity since Sunday, although power had since been restored in most areas. Aid workers have found some hamlets hard to reach because bridges and roads were torn up by the disaster. (Beawiharta / REUTERS)

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Residents transport a horse as they evacuate domestic animals on Gili Trawangan island. Indonesia’s geological agency said the quake Thursday afternoon had a magnitude of 6.2 and was shallow, at a depth of 12 kilometres, centered in the northwest of the island. It said it didn’t have the potential to cause a tsunami. (Ahmad Subaidi / Antara Foto / REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 10, 2018 10:58 AM

Residents transport a horse as they evacuate domestic animals on Gili Trawangan island. Indonesia’s geological agency said the quake Thursday afternoon had a magnitude of 6.2 and was shallow, at a depth of 12 kilometres, centered in the northwest of the island. It said it didn’t have the potential to cause a tsunami. (Ahmad Subaidi / Antara Foto / REUTERS)

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Foreign tourists pull their suitcases as they walk past damaged buildings in Pemenang. Reuters witnesses reporting on the aftermath of last Sunday’s quake in the north of the island said buildings and walls that had already been weakened collapsed, and people ran out onto roads even as rocks tumbled down from hillsides yesterday. (Ahmad Subaidi / Antara Foto / REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 10, 2018 10:58 AM

Foreign tourists pull their suitcases as they walk past damaged buildings in Pemenang. Reuters witnesses reporting on the aftermath of last Sunday’s quake in the north of the island said buildings and walls that had already been weakened collapsed, and people ran out onto roads even as rocks tumbled down from hillsides yesterday. (Ahmad Subaidi / Antara Foto / REUTERS)

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Indonesian soldiers unload relief aid for earthquake victims from a plane at an airbase in Mataram, Lombok. The Indonesian Red Cross says it’s focusing relief efforts on an estimated 20,000 people in remote areas in the north of the island where aid still has not reached. Spokesman Arifin Hadi said people need clean water and tarpaulins most of all. (Ahmad Subaidi / Antara Foto / REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 10, 2018 10:58 AM

Indonesian soldiers unload relief aid for earthquake victims from a plane at an airbase in Mataram, Lombok. The Indonesian Red Cross says it’s focusing relief efforts on an estimated 20,000 people in remote areas in the north of the island where aid still has not reached. Spokesman Arifin Hadi said people need clean water and tarpaulins most of all. (Ahmad Subaidi / Antara Foto / REUTERS)

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People crowd the beach as they wait to be evacuated from Gili Trawangan island. Thousands of tourists have left Lombok since Sunday, fearing further earthquakes, some on extra flights provided by airlines and others on ferries to the neighbouring island of Bali. (Melissa Delport / @trufflejournal / AFP)

Updated on Aug 10, 2018 10:58 AM

People crowd the beach as they wait to be evacuated from Gili Trawangan island. Thousands of tourists have left Lombok since Sunday, fearing further earthquakes, some on extra flights provided by airlines and others on ferries to the neighbouring island of Bali. (Melissa Delport / @trufflejournal / AFP)

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A woman cries next to her childern shortly after the aftershock hit on Thursday. Most of the displaced from Sunday are sleeping under tents or tarpaulins near their ruined homes or in evacuation shelters that are short of food, clean water and medical help. Around 1,400 people were seriously injured and more than 150,000 displaced, authorities said earlier. (Adek Berry / AFP)

Updated on Aug 10, 2018 10:58 AM

A woman cries next to her childern shortly after the aftershock hit on Thursday. Most of the displaced from Sunday are sleeping under tents or tarpaulins near their ruined homes or in evacuation shelters that are short of food, clean water and medical help. Around 1,400 people were seriously injured and more than 150,000 displaced, authorities said earlier. (Adek Berry / AFP)

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A woman carries her belongings on her head as she walks past a damaged mosque in Kayangan subdistict. Workers with heavy machinery are searching the rubble of homes, schools and mosques, with hope of finding any survivors fading. There are fears that two collapsed mosques in north Lombok had been filled with worshippers. (Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP)

Updated on Aug 10, 2018 10:58 AM

A woman carries her belongings on her head as she walks past a damaged mosque in Kayangan subdistict. Workers with heavy machinery are searching the rubble of homes, schools and mosques, with hope of finding any survivors fading. There are fears that two collapsed mosques in north Lombok had been filled with worshippers. (Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP)

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Across much of the island, a popular tourist destination, once-bustling villages have been turned into virtual ghost towns. Evacuees in some encampments say they are running out of food, while others are suffering psychological trauma. There is a dire need for medical staff and “long-term aid”, government officials said. (Beawiharta / REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 10, 2018 10:58 AM

Across much of the island, a popular tourist destination, once-bustling villages have been turned into virtual ghost towns. Evacuees in some encampments say they are running out of food, while others are suffering psychological trauma. There is a dire need for medical staff and “long-term aid”, government officials said. (Beawiharta / REUTERS)

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A villager worried about aftershocks and tsunami carries drinking water at an empty resort atop a hill in Senggigi beach. About 200 cars packed with food, medicine and basic supplies were sent to heavily impacted regions in the north and west, Agung Pramuja, a spokesman for Mataram mitigation disaster agency told AFP. Many evacuees said they were subsisting on a diet of instant noodles. (Beawiharta / REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 10, 2018 10:58 AM

A villager worried about aftershocks and tsunami carries drinking water at an empty resort atop a hill in Senggigi beach. About 200 cars packed with food, medicine and basic supplies were sent to heavily impacted regions in the north and west, Agung Pramuja, a spokesman for Mataram mitigation disaster agency told AFP. Many evacuees said they were subsisting on a diet of instant noodles. (Beawiharta / REUTERS)

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