Earthquake Kills One In Indonesian

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Java, injuring at least 10 people, while one person died of a suspected heart attack during the quake, the country’s disaster mitigation agency, BNPB said.

The agency spokesperson, Abdul Muhari 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.

Indonesia’s geophysics agency, BMKG said the quake, which hit at a depth of 25 km, was felt in several cities in the region of Yogyakarta as well as east and central Java, Indonesia’s most populous island.

Report says no tsunami warning was issued.

Indonesia, in Southeast Asia, 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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