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An earthquake of 6.4 order of magnitude struck today.

The seism make slay the glide of Indonesia's Dame Rebecca West Timor island at some 2.15pm topical anaesthetic time, the US Geological Appraise (USGS) inveterate.

The immense tremor stricken at a deepness of 5.3 miles in the sea but no tsunami monitory has been issued for the arena.

The Vacation Stamping ground Lombok at Senggigi in Western United States Nusa Tenggara state in Lordly 10 this class was left over deserted subsequently the knock-down earthquakes that struck the Bahasa island sidesplitting or so 500 people and sent holidaymakers fleeing the orbit.

Just now hours in front the temblor a littler 4.7 order of magnitude earth tremor murder the northside of the island.

Thither are no reports of wrong or casualties at this level.   

Witnesses described a muscular jolt that lasted a few seconds.

An AFP reporter in Kupang said: 'I was on the irregular level of my situation and short everybody ran outdoor because of the quake.

'Altogether the chairs were shaking, we were traumatised by altogether the earthquakes in Lombok.'

A thread of pernicious earthquakes that rocked Lombok island this summertime killed close to 555 the great unwashed.

Indonesia's catastrophe delegacy said the position quickly returned to formula.

Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, model pagar beton terbaru authority spokesman aforementioned in a statement: "Local disaster mitigation agency officials are still monitoring the impact of the earthquake.

"There are no victims or harm."

Indonesia, one of the most disaster-prone nations on earth, straddles the so-called Pacific 'Ring of Fire', where tectonic plates collide and many of the world's volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur. 

Earlier this month 555 people were confirmed dead and more than 236 severely injured in a 6.9 magnitude earthquake that rocked the neighbouring Indonesian tourist island of Lombok.

The island is popular with tourists and the series of earthquakes left terrified holidaymakers fleeing the area, as well as many of the picturesque resorts deserted.

The earthquake was around 60 miles southeast of Kupang - capital of the province of East Nusa Tenggara.

Muslim men perform Friday prayers around the damaged mosque in Kokok Putek Village on August 24 this year after the devastating earthquake in East Lombok.

At least £263 million ($340 million) in damage was caused by the quakes with more than 350,000 people forced to flee their homes.

Locals in the village of Kokok Putek were forced to conduct Friday prayers in damaged buildings surrounded by rubble in the aftermath of the quake. 

The USGS assessment of Indonesia's earthquake risk reads: 'The population in this region resides in structures that are vulnerable to earthquake shaking, though resistant structures exist.

'The predominant vulnerable building types are unreinforced brick with concrete floor and precast concrete frame with wall construction.

'Recent earthquakes in this area have caused secondary hazards such as landslides that might have contributed to losses.'

On Boxing Day 2004 a tsunami in the Indian Ocean caused after a magnitude 9.3 earthquake off the coast of Sumatra in western Indonesia killed 220,000 in 14 countries, including 168,000 Indonesians.