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 located about one hundred kilometres from Bali.
The shallow 6.four magnitude quake that jolted the island triggered land and rockslides, preventing the tourists from heading back down the mountain. The Thai embassy in Indonesia was alerted to the incident and has already contacted Indonesian authorities to rescue its nationals. The incident got here to light after one of many affected Thais, Nupa Wan, posted a Facebook message in search of help.
She posted some pictures of the group that was stranded on Rinjani, an active volcano on Lombok. Best selling showed rocks and dust falling from the mountain following the aftershocks. Nupa Wan wrote that everyone in the group was safe but they may not go down as a outcome of their paths had been blocked by landslides and rocks from the influence of the earthquake.
About eighty per cent of some 500 people stranded had been Thais, she wrote. She requested readers of her posts to contact the Thai embassy in Jakarta about the incident. She wrote that the group had enough food till tomorrow morning when they were originally scheduled to go down. She wrote that there have been a sequence of aftershocks following the quake. At least 10 individuals together with a Malaysian had been killed when the tremor hit this tourist island..