LAMPUNG, 10 May 2005 - An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale rocked parts of Indonesia's Sumatra island today but there were no reports of casualties or damage, seismologists said. The quake struck at 8:08 am (0108 GMT), with the epicentre in the Indian Ocean about 400 kilometers west of Jakarta, said Taufik Gunawan of the National Metereology and Geophysics Agency.
The tremor was felt in several districts in Lampung province on southern Sumatra.
The Hong Kong government observatory put the magnitude of the quake at 6.4 on the Richter scale.
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· S.W. of Sumatra
Location with respect to nearby cities
250 km (155 miles) WSW of T.-Telukbetung, Sumatra, Indonesia
285 km (175 miles) SSE of Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia
400 km (250 miles) W of Jakarta, Java, Indonesia
415 km (260 miles) W of Sukabumi, Java, Indonesia
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