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GEA Search and Rescue providing support at Lombok, Indonesia
LOMBOK ISLAND IS SITUATED ON THE SEISMICALLY ACTIVE ‘RING OF FIRE’, WHICH FORMS A HORSESHOE AROUND THE PACIFIC BASIN. AS A RESULT, THIS INDONESIAN ISLAND IS ACUTELY VULNERABLE TO EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS. THIS SUMMER, A SERIES OF EARTHQUAKES DEVASTATED THE ISLAND. A QUAKE MEASURING 6.4 ON THE RICHTER SCALE STRUCK IN JULY, FOLLOWED BY A SECOND WITH A MAGNITUDE OF 7 IN AUGUST. SOME 600 AFTERSHOCKS ENSUED.
Indonesia