Quake jostles Mataram

Quake jostles Mataram

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Residents were jolted awake when
an earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale hit the city at
around 2 a.m. yesterday.

Antara quoted Daryono, an official at the Meteorology and
Geophysics station in Denpasar, Bali, as saying that the quake
lasted five seconds and that its position was 126 km south of
here in the Indian Ocean.

No casualties have been reported. (swe)