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Less than a month after an earthquake killed hundreds of people, the Indonesian island of Lombok experienced a series of quakes on Sunday. 

 measured a 6.9 magnitude quake late Sunday evening local time. That quake came after two others earlier in the day that registered at magnitudes 6.3 and 5.4 respectively, according to The Associated Press. 


The AP reports that Sunday's earthquakes caused more structural damage to the island's buildings and triggered power outages and landslides:


These earthquakes come as the island is still trying to recover from 

another 6.9-magnitude quake that struck on Aug. 5.

 That quake killed at least 460 people, injured more than a thousand others, and toppled many homes, turning buildings into piles of rubble.
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Wynne Davis

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Sunday's earthquake caused power outages and landslides as the island is still recovering from another quake earlier this month that killed more than 400 people.

Another strong earthquake hits Indonesia's Lombok Island

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