6.0-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia's Bengkulu, damages buildings


The shakes of the quake were reported to have been felt strongly by residents in Bengkulu City. - Wikipedia

JAKARTA: A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's western Bengkulu province on Friday (May 23) morning, injuring several people and damaging some houses but without triggering large waves.

"The shakes of the quake were felt strongly by the residents in Bengkulu City," Reza Afriyanto, secretary of the Disaster Management and Mitigation Agency of Bengkulu province, told Xinhua.

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