Quake causes damage, injuries in Indonesia

A shallow earthquake in Indonesia's Central Java province has caused damage to houses and injured several people.

A shallow earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 has rocked parts of Indonesia's Central Java province, damaging homes and injuring several people, an official says.

Wednesday's quake struck at a depth of 4km, with the epicentre 52km north of Kebumen district, Sutopo Nugroho, a spokesman for the National Disaster Management Agency, said.

Several houses, a school and a mosque were damaged in Banjarnegara district, he said.

"Several residents were injured after they were hit by falling debris," Nugroho said.

A shallow quake can cause considerable damage in a densely populated area.


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