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5.5-magnitude quake jolts Pacitan
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) through its Twitter account @infoBMKG announced that an earthquake measuring 5
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he Meteorology, Climatologyand Geophysics Agency (BMKG) through its Twitter account @infoBMKG announcedthat an earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter Scale jolted Pacitan, East Java,at 5:45 p.m. No casualties have been reported. The tremor was felt as far away as Yogyakarta,Surakarta and Blitar.
The epicenter was 93-kilometers northwest of Pacitan at a depth of 10-kilometers.
Actor Butet Kertarajasa, on his Twitter account @masbutet, said he had felt the earthquake in Bantul, Yogyakarta, while activist Illian Deta Sari, who is currently in Klaten, tweeted via her account @illiandeta that the earthquake was strong.(dic)
