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Island focus: 6.6-magnitude quake jolts Sumatra
Residents fled their homes as a 6
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esidents fled their homes as a 6.6-magnitude earthquake jolted Bengkulu province in the western part of Sumatra on Sunday morning.
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said the epicenter was 71 kilometers southwest of Bengkulu and around 10 km beneath the seabed.
No tsunami alert was issued.
In several areas of Bengkulu, the earthquake caused damage to electricity facilities. Bengkulu resident Dedek Hendri said he was reading an ebook on his laptop when he felt the earthquake.
“As the earthquake got stronger, I told my wife who was cooking in the kitchen to immediately get out of the house. The earthquake lasted about 10 minutes, long enough. My family and other neighbors gathered in a field near my house. People were screaming,” he told The Jakarta Post.
