Thousands of frightened residents fled their homes for higher ground when the magnitude-6.2 earthquake struck at six kilometers northeast of the town of Majene, at a depth of just 10 kilometers, shortly before 1:30 a.m.
The quake and aftershocks damaged more than 300 homes and two hotels, as well as flattening a hospital and the office of a regional governor, where authorities told Reuters several people have been trapped under the rubble.
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