Five dead as quake hits Sumatra

The quake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit the western Padangpanjang region at 9:44 pm (1444 GMT), Fauzi told AFP.

He said five people died while two others were seriously injured and five slightly hurt.

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"There are several houses collapsed," Fauzi said.

A series of weaker aftershocks followed the quake, which was centred about eight kilometres southeast of Padangpanjang, a town about 70 kilometres north of the West Sumatra capital of Padang.