The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 and was centered in the Bali Sea 112 miles northeast of Gili Air, a tiny island near the coast of Lombok Island, next ...

This has the potential to exacerbate drought in islands below the equator in the archipelago, which include Java – home to over 150 million people, as well as Bali and Nusa Tenggara.