JAKARTA (Bernama): A 5.8-magnitude earthquake and a 5.2-magnitude aftershock struck Lombok in Indonesia just after 2 pm (3 pm Malaysian Time) on Sunday (March 17), killing two people, one of whom was a Malaysian, injuring 44 others and destroying almost 500 houses.
The dead Malaysian has been identified as Datin Tai Siew Kim, 56, deputy executive editor-in-chief of Sin Chew Daily, who was on holiday there with several other Malaysians, according to the head of public relations at the National Board for Disaster Management, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.
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