JAKARTA, May 23 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 6.0-magnitude earthquake, struck off Indonesia’s western Bengkulu province this 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, said.
About 33 houses and one building were damaged in Bengkulu City, the provincial capital, and several people were injured. However, no casualties have been reported in Bengkulu province, so far, local media reported.
The country’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency had initially reported the magnitude as 6.3 before revising it downward.
The tremors occurred at 02:52 a.m. Jakarta time, early this morning (1902 GMT Thursday), with the epicentre located 47 km south-west of Bengkulu City, at a depth of 84 km below the seabed.
No tsunami warning was issued, as the tremors were not expected to generate giant waves.
Indonesia is highly prone to earthquakes, due to its location within the seismically active “Pacific Ring of Fire.”– NNN-ANTARA
