on august 5, 2018, lombok island, an island off the eastern part of bali island, indonesia experienced a 6.9 magnitude earthquake. the epicenter of the earthquake was 18 km northwest of east lombok. the earthquake had the potential to cause a tsunami, and a tsunami alert was sounded but later the warming was removed as the risk was reduced. the indonesian government made efforts to broadcast information about the impact of the earthquake. however, thorough geospatial data about how the earthquake affects larger areas was limited and mostly inaccessible for the public. available information, for example, was that according to the head of the regional disaster management agency (bpbd) of west nusa tenggara province, the loss due to the earthquake reached 1 trillion idr. then, according to the national disaster management agency (bnpb), the number of victims of the earthquake was &gt;100 people, with 238 people injured, thousands of homes damaged, and tens of thousands becoming refugees.