David and Victoria Beckham caught up in Indonesian earthquake that killed 142 as couple holiday with kids in nearby Bali
David, 43, Victoria, 44, Brooklyn, 19, Romeo, 15, Cruz, 13, and Harper, seven, flew in to Bali, where two people have been killed, the day before the magnitude-7 quake
DAVID and Victoria Beckham were caught up in the terror of the Indonesian earthquake that killed at least 142 people.
They and their four children are holidaying on Bali, the neighbouring island to Lombok where the 7.0 magnitude quake struck on Sunday.
David, 43, Victoria, 44, Brooklyn, 19, Romeo, 15, Cruz, 13, and Harper, seven, were around 60 miles from the epicentre after flying in the previous day. A source told The Sun: “They certainly felt the earthquake.
“The children, especially, were a little bit shaken but they are all fine. Their thoughts are obviously with the victims.”
Two people were killed in Bali. Panels fell from the airport ceiling as tremors continued and a shopping centre roof crumbled in Denpasar.
Model Chrissy Teigen, 32 — in Bali with singer husband John Legend, 39, and their two children — tweeted: “Oh my God. 15 solid seconds of ‘hooooooly s*** this is happening’."
What we know so far...
- The magnitude-7 earthquake struck at a depth of six miles in the northern part of Lombok on Sunday evening
- It has killed at least 98 people and made 20,000 more homeless across the islands of Lombok and Bali
- More than 1,000 holidaymakers were stranded on the smaller Gili islands, popular with divers and backpackers
- Many of the tourists have been evacuated on ships to safety but some are feared dead
- Footage shows rescuers desperately scramble to free those trapped in the rubble of destroyed buildings
- A mosque collapsed during evening prayers and worshippers are feared buried under wreckage
Indonesian rescue workers and military personnel have since resumed their search for survivors, evacuating more victims from the island.
Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency (BNPB), said on Twitter rescuers were combing through rubble in their search for survivors.
In a separate statement, BNPB said rescue efforts faced difficulties in the worst-hit area of northern Lombok but provided few details.
Nugroho told a news briefing on Monday some areas there were cut off after bridges collapsed.
Local authorities said those stranded on the Gilis - the three tropical islands popular with backpackers and divers - were being evacuated today.
But footage posted online showed panicked tourists and locals packed onto powder-white beaches before climbing over each other to board tiny boats leaving the island.
Meanwhile frightened residents across all affected islands, particularly north Lombok, poured out of their homes and moved to higher ground after the quake triggered a Tsunami warning.
Kelsall added: "It was literally the most terrifying thing I have experienced and the uncertainty of the tsunami - I had pictures of Thailand in my head from when it happened there."
On Lombok, soldiers and other rescuers carried injured people on stretchers and carpets to evacuation centres, with many having to be treated outdoors because hospitals were too damaged.
More than 1,000 tourists waited to be rescued from Gili Trawangan, just off the Lombok coast.
Saffron Amis, from Brighton, said: “There was a lot of panic because no one knew what was happening.”
British teachers Lauren Honebon and Danielle Fox — both 29 and from Trowbridge, Wilts — were visiting Lombok from Bali.
Danielle said: “We heard an almighty banging noise and our taxi skidded to one side. I thought the tyres had blown. Then the taxi driver put his hands over his face and started crying and praying. Suddenly everything was shaking.
“Trees were coming down around us and there were huge rocks and bits of rubble falling everywhere.
“Once the earthquake finished the driver took us to a Sheraton hotel, but it had been virtually destroyed.
“Hotel staff said we needed to get somewhere high because of the risk of a tsunami. So we abandoned our luggage and climbed up the side of a wooded mountain.
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"There were hundreds of people, locals and tourists, all helping one other.
“After two hours we went back down and the hotel staff provided makeshift beds in the car park.”
Around 13,000 buildings are believed to have been destroyed, just a week after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake killed 14 people.