The tremor caused minor damage to hundreds of houses, some offices, health and education facilities scattered in the region of Yogyakarta and Central Java province, the agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari told Reuters Saturday.
magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off Central Java on Friday evening, injuring at least 10 people, while one person died of suspected heart attack during the quake, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said.
The tremor caused minor damage to hundreds of houses, some offices, health and education facilities scattered in the region of Yogyakarta and Central Java province, the agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari told Reuters Saturday.
The Meteorological and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said the quake, which hit at a depth of 25 km (15 miles), was felt in several cities in the region of Yogyakarta as well as East and Central Java. No tsunami warning was issued.
Indonesia straddles the so-called "Pacific Ring of Fire", a highly active seismic zone where different plates on the Earth's crust meet and set off a large number of earthquakes and volcanoes.
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