An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale shook Indonesia's Bengkulu Province and its environs on Thursday. The temblor did not have a potential to trigger a tsunami but forced local residents to rush out of the houses in panic, Indonesia''s (Antara) news agency reported. The quake''s epicenter was located at 2.88 degrees southern latitude and 100.97 degrees eastern longitude, around 37 km southwest of Mukomuko, Bengkulu, and at a depth of 28 km below sea level, according to the Meteorological, Geophysics and Climatology Agency (BMKG).
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