Quake hits Buru island

AMBON, Maluku: At least four residents suffered serious injuries when a 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Batabual district in the southern part of Buru island, Maluku province, late on Friday.

The quake, which also left dozens of other residents lightly injured, damaged 37 houses, with the village of Wamsisi suffering the worst of the damage.

Maluku Governor Karel Albert Ralahalu and several other officials visited the village and promised immediate aid.

"There are no reports of anyone dying in the quake," the head of the local meteorology and geophysics agency, Benny Supollo, who was among the officials visiting the quake site, told The Jakarta Post on Monday. -- JP