3rd LD: Strong earthquake in Indonesia damages buildings

JAKARTA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Several houses and buildings were destroyed after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku earlier Tuesday, officials and weather agency said.

The country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency had reported the quake at 7.9 magnitude before revising it to 7.5, head of the Quake and Tsunami Mitigation Division of the agency named only Daryono told Xinhua by phone.