Wednesday, 2 September 2009

Dozens perish in Java quake

By inthenews.co.uk staff.

Dozens of people have died after a powerful earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Java.

At least 32 people are thought to have been killed and thousands rendered homeless.

The 7.4-magnitude quake struck at 02:55 local time (08:55 BST), 198km south-east of the capital Jakarta.

Local tsunami warnings were later withdrawn.

The US geological survey recorded the quake at a depth of 62.8km.
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