Moderate Quake Hits Lampung

Palembang, South Sumatra - A moderate earthquake measuring 5.0 Richter struck the West Lampung area, Lampung province, here on Saturday at 11.34 A.M. West Indonesian time (WIB). According to information from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) the quake was centered at 149 kilometers southwest in West Lampung at a depth of 10 kilometers. Officials said the quake has not triggered a tsunami. (*)