Buildings collapsed after Indonesian quake: police

JAKARTA-Buildings collapsed in the Indonesian town of Mukomuko on the west coast of Sumatra Wednesday after a 7.9-magnitude quake struck, a policeman told local radio.Budi Darmawan said that buildings of three storeys and higher had either collapsed or cracked in the town, which is located approximately 300 kilometres (180 miles) from the quake's epicentre.
Four had so far collapsed, he told ElShinta radio, after fleeing into the hills away from the coast.
"Those with cracks are many, buildings of three floors or more are either fissured or collapsed," he said.
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