A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale hit Bengkulu province, Indonesia, early Friday morning, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (MBG) said.
The epicenter of the quake, which struck 45 minutes after midnight, was located at 2.92 degrees southern latitude and 100.98degrees eastern longitude at the depth of 54 kilometers, and 44 kilometers southwest of Muko-muko district.
Earlier on Thursday, Bengkulu was jolted by an earthquake with similar magnitude at the depth of 80 kilometers below sea level, or 95 km southwest of Bintuhan in Kaur district.
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit the waters off the Bengkulu coast on April 27.
A magnitude 7.9 quake rocked Bengkulu on Sept. 12 last year, killing dozens of people and destroying thousands of houses.
Since then, earthquakes, most of them measuring less than 4 on the Richter scale, have jolted the province almost everyday.
Source: Xinhua
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