What is the situation in Lombok, Indonesia?
An 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck at Lombok’s popular waterfall site, the Tiu Kelep waterfall, Senaru Village, north of Lombok.
They hit at around 2.07pm local time on Sunday, while the 5.2-magnitude aftershock also destroyed about 500 homes before causing the landslides.
Around 40 Indonesian and Malaysian tourists were visiting the tourist attraction at the time.
Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for the disaster agency, confirmed two people died and said they were both Malaysians
What has the UK government said about travelling to Lombok?
There is no official warning against travelling to Lombok but the UK Government has warned tourists to “exercise caution.”
They stated on their official website: “A number of areas across Indonesia, including in Central Sulawesi, Lombok and the Sunda Strait, are continuing to recover from the impact of earthquakes and/or tsunamis in 2018.
