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JAKARTA - An earthquake measuring 6.0 hit off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island, the country's meteorological agency said on Monday.
The quake hit 107km southwest of Mukomuko in Bengkulu, Sumatra at a depth of 20km, the agency said in a text message. There was no tsunami warning.
On Sunday a quake with a 6.2 magnitude hit the same area.
More than 20 people were killed when an 8.4 magnitude earthquake hit the Bengkulu area on September 12, damaging or destroying thousands of homes.
Indonesia, which is situated in a belt of intense seismic activity known as the "Pacific Ring of Fire", was hit by a huge earthquake in December 2004, triggering a devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean, which killed more than 230,000 people in the region, including 170,000 Indonesians.
- REUTERS
