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A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook Bima on Sumbawa island, West Nusa Tenggara Province, on Monday at 3:41 a.m. local time, reportedly killing two people and injuring at least 40.Metro TV reported that the quake damaged hundreds of houses and a number of roads and bridges. Rustam Pakkaya, the head of Ministry of Health’s Crisis Management Center, said two people were reportedly killed but the deaths had not yet been confirmed yet.
Six quake victims were hospitalized at Dompu General Hospital. Patients and staff at the hospital itself were gripped with panic when the quake occurred. Patients ran out of their rooms and refused to return to their wards. Some of them chose to sleep in the hospital corridors.
The Geophysics, Climatology and Meteorology Agency said the epicenter of the quake was 25 km northwest of Bima. There was no tsunami potential. The National Earthquake Analysis Center said the tremor was also felt in Makassar, South Sulawesi, and Denpasar, Bali.(The Jakarta globe)
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