An earthquake measuring 5 Richter shakes Indonesia; The buildings were damaged

According to Mehr correspondent quoted by ShinhwaReza AfricanSecretary of Provincial Management and Disaster Reduction Agency BangkoloSaid the city's inhabitants Bangkolo The earthquakes were heavily felt.

About 2 houses and one building in the city BangkoloThe provincial capital was injured and several people were injured. However, local media reported that no casualties in the province so far Bangkolo Not reported.

The Meteorological, Climate and Geophysics Organization had initially reported the severity of the earthquake by 3.5, but later reduced it.

These earthquakes occurred at 9:50 am Friday at Jakarta time and its center, 2 km southwest of the city BangkoloLocated at a depth of 2 kilometers below the sea bed.

There was no tsunami warning, because these earthquakes were not expected to create huge waves.

Indonesia is very susceptible to earthquakes because of being in the seismic area of ​​the “Pacific Ocean Fire”.