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6.7-magnitude quake kills 2, 40 hurt

AP | By, Jakarta
Nov 09, 2009 11:11 AM IST

A strong undersea earthquake killed two people and damaged buildings on the remote island of Sumbawa in central Indonesia, officials said on Monday.

A strong undersea earthquake killed two people and damaged buildings on the remote island of Sumbawa in central Indonesia, officials said on Monday.

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At least 20 people were hospitalised on the island after the 6.7-magnitude temblor, many of them with broken bones, said Rustam Pakaya, the head of the Health Ministry's crisis center. He said at least 40 people were injured.

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The quake struck at 3:41 am local time (1941 GMT)near a small island chain just east of the Lombok resort island. It had a depth of 11 miles (17.7 kilometers) and the epicenter was about 830 miles (1,335 kilometers) east of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.

Two people were killed in a part of Sumbawa called Ambalawe, local government spokesman Abdul Wahab Usman said. "They were hit by a collapsing building," Usman said.

"There are believed to be many injuries, but we are still checking." The quake damaged streets and schools, while a
landslide blocked a main road linking the town of Bima to the remote districts, he said.

Indonesia is still clearing the rubble from a devastating 7.6 magnitude quake on West Sumatra that killed more than 1,100 people in September.

Indonesia, a vast island nation of 235 million people, straddles a series of fault lines, making it extremely prone
to volcanic and seismic activity.

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