By DPA,
Jakarta : One person was killed and 82 people were injured when a powerful earthquake struck Monday off Indonesia’s Sumbawa island, officials said.
Many houses and other buildings were damaged in Bima district of West Nusa Tenggara province in the magnitude-6.7 earthquake, said Rustam Pakaya, head of the Health Ministry’s crisis centre.
“The victim died after being treated for seven hours in hospital for injuries sustained in the quake,” Pakaya said.
He said of the 82 people injured, six were hurt seriously.
The National Disaster Management Agency said on its website that 12 houses, two school buildings and a health clinic were badly damaged.
The quake, which struck at 2.41 a.m. Monday (1941 GMT Sunday), was also felt strongly on the nearby tourist island of Lombok, Pakaya said.
The quake’s epicentre was in the eastern part of Sumbawa island, which lies about 1,300 km east of Jakarta, the US Geological Survey said.
Indonesia sits on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, an area known for intense seismic and volcanic activity.