Seven killed after quake rocks Indonesia's Java island (update)


A man cleans up a damaged courtroom affected by an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck in the ocean 91 km (57 miles) south-southeast of Blitar, pictured in Blitar, East Java province, Indonesia, on Saturday, April 10, 2021, in this photo taken by Antara Foto/Irfan Anshori/via Reuters.

JAKARTA April 10 (AFP): At least seven people were killed after a 6.0 magnitude quake struck off the coast of Indonesia's main Java island Saturday, as the country reels from a cyclone disaster in another part of the archipelago.

The afternoon quake hit offshore about 45 kilometres southwest of Malang city in East Java, damaging hundreds of homes as well as schools, government offices and mosques across the region.

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