On 17 March 2019, an earthquake measuring Mw  5.6 struck the island of Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.

The earthquake has its epicenter in East Lombok Regency, with a reported magnitude and depth of Mw  5.6 and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS),[2] while the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) reported a magnitude of Mw  5.4 and a depth of 11 kilometres (6.8 mi).

BMKG attributed the earthquake to a local fault in the vicinity of Mount Rinjani.

[4][5] The earthquake caused a landslide and several rockfalls that struck a group of around forty tourists visiting a waterfall in East Lombok,[citation needed] killing six of them.

[citation needed] In total the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management reported 182 injuries in East and North Lombok regencies.