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Earthquake jolts Yogyakarta again

YOGYAKARTA: An earthquake measuring 4

(The Jakarta Post)
Mon, August 24, 2009

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Earthquake jolts Yogyakarta again

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OGYAKARTA: An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale shook Yogyakarta late Saturday morning, the second quake to hit the province in a week.

Yogyakarta Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency recorded that the quake hit at around 11:35 a.m. The quake's epicenter was located 10 kilometer beneath the earth surface in Temu Ireng, Panggang, about 13 kilometers southeast af Bantul regency in southern Yogyakarta.

Bambang Subadio, head of observation division at the agency, said that Saturday's quake was not related to the earlier quake.

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