Review of the 2018 Lombok Earthquake, Indonesia, and Its Impact from Previous Studies

Abstract

A series of strong earthquakes struck Lombok Island on 29 July (M 6.4), 5 August (M 7.0), 9 August (M 5.9), and 19 August (M 6.3 and M. 6.9) 2018 which led to severe damage with more than 500 deaths, 1,833 injured and devastated 186,010 houses (National Disaster Mitigation Agency). Lombok Island is categories as a vulnerable to earthquake zone because located between the Eurasian and Indo-Australian subduction trenches and in the northern part of Lombok lies the Flores back-arc thrust. Lombok Island are also flanked by two strike slip fault system in the west and east side of the Island. Rinjani volcanic complex are also located in the northern side of Lombok. In this manuscript, the 2018 Lombok Earthquake from previous studies were reviewed. The seismic activity and vulnerability from previous study were discussed to make preventive effort and mitigation option in the future.