{"id":148550,"date":"2018-01-24T02:48:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T07:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=148550"},"modified":"2018-01-24T02:48:21","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T07:48:21","slug":"indonesias-strong-quake-damages-dozens-of-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/24\/indonesias-strong-quake-damages-dozens-of-houses\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia’s strong quake damages dozens of houses"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The quake was strongly felt in Jakarta (Shutterstock photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

JAKARTA — Dozens of houses were destroyed after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia’s capital and Banten province on Tuesday, officials said here.<\/p>\n

An official of the national disaster management agency told Xinhua by phone that a total of 13 houses were damaged in Serang district of the province and four others in West Java province.<\/p>\n

In Lebak district of Banten province, as many as 116 houses were damaged after the quake, a senior official of the disaster management agency in the district named only Kaprawi said.<\/p>\n

However, there has been no report of casualties so far and assessment of the impact of the quake is underway, according to the official of the national disaster management agency.<\/p>\n

The quake struck at 13:34 p.m. local time (0634 GMT), with the epicenter at 81 kilometers southwest Lebak, Banten province and a depth of 10 km under the seabed.<\/p>\n

The quake was strongly felt in Jakarta and the province, triggering panic.<\/p>\n

Indonesia is prone to quakes, as it lies on a vulnerable quake-hit zone called “the Pacific Ring of Fire.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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