The death toll from a powerful quake that hit Indonesia's Lombok Island has risen to 91 and is expected to increase as rescuers have still not been able to reach some of the worst hit parts in the north of the island.
Massive damage is being reported in north Lombok from the powerful 7.0 magnitude 10.5 kilometre deep quake that hit early on Sunday evening destroying thousands of homes and sending residents and tourists flying in panic.
The quake was felt in Bali and damaged an airport terminal in Denpasar and a large Bali department store and has come one week after another quake hit Lombok Island killing 16 people.
Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho confirmed the death toll had risen to 91 but advised this will likely increase with the north part of the island suffering "massive" damage from the quake.
A tsunami warning was lifted after waves just 15 centimetres high were recorded in three villages, said Dwikorita Karnawati, the head of Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency.
Tourists on the three islands of Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno and Gili Air are being evacuated with Nugroho confirming 1000 tourists had so far been rescued on three ships, Nugroho said.
Indonesia is currently hosting two ministerial level conferences on regional security and counterterrorism with Australia in Bali and Lombok but no Australians are believed to have been hurt in the quake.
Australia's Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton was on the 12th floor of a Lombok hotel when the quake hit.
He's told Fairfax media it was "powerful enough to put us on the floor".
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has ordered cabinet ministers and military and police chiefs to accelerate the disaster relief effort.
The Bali and Lombok airports continued operating on Sunday night, according to the director general of civil aviation. There had been a half-hour evacuation at the Lombok airport following the quake because the electricity went off.
Like Bali, Lombok is known for pristine beaches and mountains. Hotels and other buildings in both locations are not allowed to exceed the height of coconut trees.
