REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MATARAM -- A student of the Riyadussibat Islamic Boarding School (Pesantren), identified as Muhammad Khudori (14), died after being crushed by the rubble of building caused by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake which rocked Lombok Island of NTB on Sunday night.
Meanwhile, thousands of residents of Mataram city in NTB flocked to evacuate the city. Lombok was in a tsunami alert status following the issuance of early warning after a major earthquake shook the NTB province on Sunday at 6.46 p.m. Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB).
"My child was seriously injured in the head," said Khairul, the father of the victim. Khairul was crying over his son's death on the highway in front of the Army hospital in Mataram.
Khudori died after being hit by the rubble of building caused by the earthquake while the child was reciting the holy book of Al-Quran. Khairul brought his son using a car belonging to the local resident to the Mataram hospital from the Islamic boarding school which was about 50 meters from his house.
The epicenter of the earthquake is located at 8.37 degrees southern latitude and 116.48 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 15 kilometers.
The alert status warning meant that the wave height was less than 50 centimeters. After the earthquake, tsunamis were detected in four spots.
The first tsunami was detected with a height of 0.135 m in Carik at 6:48 p.m. WIB. The second occured in Badas with an altitude of 0.100 m at 6:54 p.m. WIB.
The third wave came to Beno at 19.27 p,m with a hight of 9 cm. It was followed by the last tsunami at 19.58 p.m with an altitude of 2 cm.
Tsunami warning finally revoked at around 20.25 p.m. BMKG noted that 24 aftershocks occured and its magnitude has been gradually decreasing.
Meanwhile, the earthquake also brought some minor damage to Ngurah Rai International Airport, Denpasar Bali. Celiling on its terminal building collapsed following strong shocks.
"We have been checking for 10 minutes at the airside to ensure the realibility of our flight facilities and we assure that the condition is safe for flights," Communication & Legal Section Head Bandara International I Gusti Ngurah Rai, Arie Ahsanurrohim told Republika.co.id, on Sunday.
Earlier, a quake hit Lombok and Sumbawa Islands on last Sunday (July 29) at 6:47 a.m. local time but did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami. The death toll from the 6.4-magnitude earthquake has reached 20 as of Sunday (Aug 5).
Meanwhile, a total of 8,919 families, or 23 thousand residents, of North Lombok District remained displaced. As of Wednesday, many of them still stay outside their houses in the aftermath of the 6.4-magnitude earthquake that hit their villages.
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