A strong aftershock has shaken the Indonesian island of Lombok where tens of thousands of people are homeless after a powerful earthquake.
Indonesia’s geological agency said the quake on Thursday afternoon had a magnitude of 6.2 and was shallow, at a depth of 12 kilometres (seven and a half miles), centred in the north west of the island.
It said it did not have the potential to cause a tsunami.
The US Geological Survey measured the quake at magnitude 5.9.
Buildings still standing on the island have been weakened after Sunday’s 7.0 quake that killed at least 131 people and a 6.4 quake on July 29 that killed 16.
The Indonesian Red Cross said it was focusing its Lombok earthquake relief efforts on an estimated 20,000 people in remote areas in the north of the island where aid still has not reached.
Spokesman Arifin Hadi says the tens of thousands people left homeless by Sunday’s quake need clean water and tarpaulins most of all.
He said: “People are always saying they need water and tarps.”
He said they were also looking for people with untreated injuries.
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency said at least 131 people have died but other agencies are giving higher much higher figures.
The disaster agency says the higher figures are unverified.
