JAKARTA, Indonesia — A moderately strong earthquake triggered a landslide that hit a popular waterfall on the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok on Sunday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens, officials said. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 5.5 and struck at a depth of 23 kilometers (15 miles). Sunday’s quake triggered a landslide from Mount Rinjani and hit dozens of tourists at the Tiu Kelep waterfall located in the foothills of the active volcano, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman. Two Malaysians, including a 14-year-old boy, were killed in the landslide, Nugroho said. Forty-four people were injured in the quake, including eight Malaysians, Nugroho said.

Source: Washington Post March 17, 2019 14:19 UTC