In the wake of this morning’s Lombok earthquake, some 500 Thais and foreigners have been stranded on an lively volcano on the Indonesian island. Lombok is situated about 100 kilometres from Bali.
The shallow 6.four magnitude quake that jolted the island triggered land and rockslides, preventing the tourists from heading again down the mountain. The Thai embassy in Indonesia was alerted to the incident and has already contacted Indonesian authorities to rescue its nationals. Copy came to mild after one of many affected Thais, Nupa Wan, posted a Facebook message in search of assist.
She posted some photos of the group that was stranded on Rinjani, an energetic volcano on Lombok. Her pictures also showed rocks and mud falling from the mountain following the aftershocks. Nupa Wan wrote that everybody in the group was secure however they might not go down as a result of their paths have been blocked by landslides and rocks from the impression of the earthquake.
About eighty per cent of some 500 people stranded have been Thais, she wrote. She requested readers of her posts to contact the Thai embassy in Jakarta concerning the incident. She wrote that the group had enough meals till tomorrow morning when they had been originally scheduled to go down. She wrote that there have been a collection of aftershocks following the quake. At least 10 folks together with a Malaysian were killed when the tremor hit this vacationer island..