JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Officials say at least two people are dead after a strong undersea quake struck an island in central Indonesia.
The head of the Health Ministry's crisis center says at least 40 people were injured after the early morning 6.7-magnitude temblor. Twenty people are hospitalized, many with broken bones.
A local government official says two people died when they were hit by a collapsing building.
The quake has damaged streets and schools, while a landslide blocked a main road.
Indonesia is still clearing away the rubble from a 7.6 magnitude quake that killed more than 1,100 in September.
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<<CUT …269 (11/08/09)>> 00:09 "island of Bali"
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AP Correspondent Anthony Deutch reports eastern Indonesia has been shaken by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake.
<<CUT …270 (11/08/09)>> 00:08 "buildings were damaged"
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AP Correspondent Anthony Deutch reports dozens of injuries have been reported from the earthquake, in addition to the two deaths reported. ((watch for dating in the lede))
<<CUT …271 (11/08/09)>> 00:06 "tsunami was possible"
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AP Correspondent Anthony Deutch reports the quake triggered a tsunami alert. ((watch for dating))
<<CUT …272 (11/08/09)>> 00:10 "than 11-hundred people"
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AP Correspondent Anthony Deutch reports this is the second sizable earthquake in Indonesia in less than a month.
<<APPHOTO JAK103 (11/09/09)>>
: Residents ride a motorcycle passing a damaged building of a 6.7 magnitude in the town of Bima, on Indonesia's Sumbawa island, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The strong undersea earthquake killed at least two people, while injuring dozens and damaged buildings on the remote island in central Indonesia, officials said Monday.
<<APPHOTO JAK102 (11/09/09)>>
: Residents remove ruins from houses damaged by a 6.7-magnitude earthquake in the town of Bima, on Indonesia's Sumbawa island, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The strong undersea earthquake killed at least two people, while injuring dozens and damaged buildings on the remote island in central Indonesia, officials said Monday.
