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6.9-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Indonesia's Lombok Island

Sunday's earthquake caused power outages and landslides as the island is still recovering from another quake earlier this month that killed more than 400 people.
A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's Lombok island on Sunday. This comes as the island is still trying to recover from another quake two weeks ago that killed more than 400 people.

Less than a month after an earthquake killed hundreds of people, the Indonesian island of Lombok experienced a series of quakes on Sunday.

The measured a 6.9 magnitude quake late Sunday evening local time. That quake came after two others earlier in the day that registered at magnitudes 6.3 and 5.4 respectively, according to The Associated Press.

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