Earthquake kills one, injures 45 in Indonesia

INDONESIA, A strong earthquake of 6.7-magnitude struck off Sumbawa island in southeastern Indonesia early Monday, killing one and injuring 45, the health ministry said.

The toll was "one dead and 45 people injured," ministry spokesman Rustam Pakaya told AFP. He confirmed that the victim was a five-year-old boy whom local television had reported dead in the quake's immediate aftermath. Most of the injured were being treated at the general hospital in the worst-affected district of Dompu on the island, a doctor there, Suriyani, told AFP.

"We received 34 people injured. Some with slight injuries have gone home already but some 20 people are still under hospital treatment, with broken bones, open wounds and head injuries caused by collapsing walls," she said. ElShinta radio reported that 200 houses had been damaged in Dompu district .

Monday, AFP