A magnitude 6.4 earthquake has killed at least 10 people on the Indonesian island of Lombok, some 140 miles of east of Bali, according to the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

The dead include a Malaysian citizen, Indonesia's National Disaster Search and Rescue agency says.

The Red Cross is still trying to ascertain how many people could be missing, IFRC spokeswoman Husni told CNN.

The earthquake had a shallow depth of 7.5 kilometers (4.6 miles), according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

The USGS issued a yellow pager alert for shaking from the quake. Yellow indicates some casualties are possible and the impact should be relatively localized, the USGS says.

The 40,000-kilometer (25,000-mile) area stretches from the boundary of the Pacific Plate and the smaller plates such as the Philippine Sea plate to the Cocos and Nazca Plates that line the edge of the Pacific Ocean.

Source: CNN

BDST: 1102 HRS, JUL 29, 2018
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