Two die and several injured in North Lombok quake

"Two people died in the landslide in the Tiu Kelep waterfall after the quake, one of them is a Malaysian", a disaster agency spokesman told Agence France-Presse.

At least two people were killed and dozens injured Sunday, March 17, after an quake on the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok triggered a landslide, officials said.

Antara quoted the public relations officer of the Mataram search and rescue operation, Gusti Lanang Wisnuwandana, as saying that the body of the second Malaysian could not be removed.

One of the victims was deputy executive editor-in-chief of Sin Chew Daily Datin Tai Siew Kim.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday it had received information from the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta that the six Malaysian who were at the waterfalls were reported missing. "The identity has yet to be ascertained", he said.

Sunday's quake triggered a landslide from Mount Rinjani and hit dozens of tourists at the Tiu Kelep waterfall located in the foothills of the active volcano, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman.

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Four ambulances attended the scene, as well as medical and rescue personnel to help the victims.

An natural disaster with a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale hit Indonesia's Lombok region at 07:07 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) on Sunday.

The natural disaster was felt across the island, panicking residents still recovering from a major quake last August that killed more than 300 people and left thousands homeless. "We have had to bear with communication constraints and various other problems", he said.

"The body of one more person has been found, wedged between large rocks, in the vicinity of the Tiu Kelep waterfall".

"Malaysian citizens who are in Lombok or the surrounding area are called to always be calm and comply with the latest directives issued by local authorities", the embassy said.