An earthquake hit the Indonesian island of Lombok on Sunday killing at least 19 people, and injuring dozens, officials said. According to reports, the seven-magnitude tremor struck just 10 kilometres (six miles) underground, according to the US Geological Survey. The earthquake was then followed by two light to moderate secondary quakes and nearly two dozen aftershocks. “The latest data we have is 19 people are dead at Tanjung Hospital (North Lombok),” Agus Hendra Sanjaya, Mataram search and rescue spokesman, told AFP. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency while speaking on the issue said several buildings are thought to have been damaged by the quake in Lombok’s main city of Mataram. “They are mostly buildings with weak construction material,” Nugroho said. Many of those who lived in Mataram described a strong jolt that sent people scrambling out of buildings. “Everyone immediately ran out of their homes, everyone is panicking,” Iman, who like many Indonesians has one name, told AFP. 
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