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A powerful earthquake has struck the Indonesian island of Lombok near Bali, killing at least three people. The earthquake, which struck early on Sunday evening, prompted local authorities to issue a tsunami warning, although the alert was later lifted. It comes just days after another quake killed a minimum of 16 people in the popular tourist destination. The Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics said the latest 7.0-magnitude quake struck at a depth of 15km (9.3 miles) at 11.46pm local time (12.40pm UK time). The quake was felt for several seconds in Bali, where people ran out of houses, hotels and restaurants. “All the hotel guests were running so I did too. People filled the streets,” said Michelle Lindsay, an Australian tourist. “A lot of officials were urging people not to panic.” Najmul Akhyar, district chief of North Lombok, told MetroTV there was an electrical blackout so he was unable to assess the entire situation, but that three people had been killed. National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho told Kompas TV that the quake strongly jolted Mataram, the capital of West Nusa Tenggara province in which Lombok is located, and may have caused damage there.
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