7.0-magnitude quake jolts Indonesia's Lombok Island, tsunami alert issued

JAKARTA, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- A 7.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Lombok Island in central Indonesia on Sunday, triggering a tsunami warning, officials said.

The earthquake was initially measured at 6.8 magnitude, but it was later revised up to 7.0, Yusuf Khaidar Ali at the meteorology and geophysics agency said.

The quake struck at 18:46 p.m. local time (1146 GMT) with an epicenter 18 km northwest of Lombok Timur in West Nusa Tenggara province and a depth of 15 km, he said.

"Although the center is on land, it was on the coastline and could still trigger tsunami. Accordingly we issue a warning for tsunami," Ali told Xinhua.