BNPB-Sutopo-Purwo-Nugroho..jpg" alt="" width="696" height="441" class="size-full wp-image-110390" /> Head of Data Center, Information and Public Relation of National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.
Jakarta, MINA — A shallow earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 has rocked parts of Indonesia’s Central Java province, damaging homes and injuring several people, AAP reported, quoting an official.
Wednesday’s quake struck at a depth of 4km, with the epicentre 52km north of Kebumen district, Sutopo Nugroho, a spokesman for the National Disaster Management Agency, (BNPB) said.
Several houses, a school and a mosque were damaged in Banjarnegara district, he said.
“Several residents were injured after they were hit by falling debris,” Nugroho said.
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A shallow quake can cause considerable damage in a densely populated area. (T/RS5/R1)
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