SPA -- A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale shook the Indonesian province of Bengkulu at 3.23 a.m. on Wednesday but there was no immediate report of casualties Indonesian state agency ANTARA reported. The quake's epicenter was 97.1 km southeast of the provincial capital, spokesman of the local geophysics station Hatta said. The tremor was felt by local people at III-IV Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI), he said. An earthquake with a magnitude of less than 3 is common in Bengkulu following a magnitude 7.3 earthquake that struck the province in June 2000 when 92 people were killed. -- SPA
