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Dozens hurt by strong quake in central Indonesia
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November 9, 2009, Monday
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A disaster management official says at least 40 people have been hurt and several buildings damaged by a strong undersea earthquake in central Indonesia.
Rustam Pakaya, the head of the Health Ministry's crisis center said today at least 20 people were hospitalized after the 6.7-magnitude temblor, many of them with broken bones.
The quake struck at 3:41 a.m. local time (1941 GMT) near a small island chain near the Lombok resort island.
It had a depth of 11 miles (17.7 kilometers) and had its epicenter about 10 miles (15 kilometers) north-northwest of Sumbawa and 830 miles (1,335 kilometers) east of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.
Rustam Pakaya, the head of the Health Ministry's crisis center said today at least 20 people were hospitalized after the 6.7-magnitude temblor, many of them with broken bones.
The quake struck at 3:41 a.m. local time (1941 GMT) near a small island chain near the Lombok resort island.
It had a depth of 11 miles (17.7 kilometers) and had its epicenter about 10 miles (15 kilometers) north-northwest of Sumbawa and 830 miles (1,335 kilometers) east of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.
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