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Sunday, October 4, 2009

Earthquake shakes Indonesia again

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake has struck Indonesia after Wednesday's powerful quake, according to the Indonesian seismologist agency.

The quake hit on Sunday at 12:36 pm local time (0336 GMT) at a depth of 39 km, 128 km northwest of the provincial capital of Manokwari on West Papua province.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or structural damage from Sunday's temblor.

Earlier on Wednesday, a 7.6-magnitude quake rocked Sumatra Island in the west of the country, burying thousands and devastating the city of Padang and surrounding villages.

In West Sumatra, rescue workers intensified their search for survivors who trapped under rubble of collapsed.

Indonesia's disaster management agency put the toll of confirmed dead and missing at 946. The United Nations said more than 1,000 had been killed in and around Padang.

Health Minister Siti Fadillah Supari has said the death toll would rise to the low thousands but probably remain below 4,000.

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