Powerful quake rocks Indonesia, 'many' buildings collapse

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This handout photograph taken and released on September 28, 2018 by Indonesia's National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) shows a collapsed shopping mall in Palu, Central Sulawesi, after a strong earthquake hit the area. Indonesia was rocked by a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake on September 28, just hours after at least one person was killed by a collapsing building in the same part of the country. / AFP PHOTO / BNPB / Handout / 

Indonesia was rocked by a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake Friday, with the national disaster agency saying that “many” buildings had collapsed in the aftermath of the huge tremor.

There were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries.

“There are reports that many buildings collapsed in the earthquake,” national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo…



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