A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Lombok yesterday, sending people fleeing into the streets just two weeks after a quake which killed more than 460 people.

The quake was centred west-southwest of Belanting town in East Lombok, the US Geological Survey said, at a relatively shallow depth of seven kilometres. There were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries from the latest tremor. "The earthquake caused people to panic and flee their houses," said national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.Residents said the earthquake was felt strongly in East Lombok.The tremor was also felt in the capital Mataram and in Bali.