Earthquake rocks Yogyakarta, Sumbawa

JAKARTA: Earthquakes rocked Yogyakarta and Sumbawa Besar Island separately on Thursday, but no immediate fatalities or damages were reported.

A temblor measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale shook the city of Yogyakarta at 1 p.m. It could also be felt in Banjarnegara regency, Central Java.

Some 30 minutes earlier, another earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale jolted the resort island of Sumbawa Besar, close to the island of Bali. Sumbawa Besar is located some 79 kilometers south of Bali.

The two earthquakes occurred only six months after a powerful earthquake rocked Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua, killing at least 28 people. -- AFP/AP