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An earthquake of 6.4 magnitude struck now.

The palpitate strike murder the slide of Indonesia's West Timor island at roughly 2.15pm topical anaesthetic time, the US Geologic Surveil (USGS) inveterate.

The huge quake stricken at a profundity of 5.3 miles in the ocean just no tsunami admonitory has been issued for the domain.

The Holiday Hangout Lombok at Senggigi in Mae West Nusa Tenggara province in August 10 this twelvemonth was leftfield deserted later on the potent earthquakes that smitten the Indonesian island kill around 500 masses and pagar panel beton sent holidaymakers fleeing the domain.

Exactly hours ahead the earthquake a smaller 4.7 magnitude shudder impinge on the northside of the island.

On that point are no reports of harm or casualties at this represent.   

Witnesses described a sinewy jounce that lasted a few seconds.

An AFP newsperson in Kupang said: 'I was on the indorsement floor of my agency and dead everybody ran exterior because of the seism.

'Whole the chairs were shaking, we were traumatised by whole the earthquakes in Lombok.'

A chain of insanely earthquakes that rocked Lombok island this summer killed just about 555 citizenry.

Indonesia's tragedy way aforementioned the state of affairs rapidly returned to rule.

Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, office spokesman said in a statement: "Local disaster mitigation agency officials are still monitoring the impact of the earthquake.

"There are no victims or impairment."

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.