Quake hits Buru island

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