5.5-magnitude quake strikes off western Indonesia on Sunday evening (Oct 9)


JAKARTA, Oct. 9 (Xinhua): A 5.5-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia's western province of Banten on Sunday, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

The quake struck at 17:02 local time (1202 GMT), with the epicenter at 26 km southwest of the province's Lebak district and 12 km under the sea bed, the agency said.

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