BIMA , Indonesia, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia, panicking residents but causing little damage, a government spokesman said.
The quake struck Thursday. Its epicenter was the island of Tolotangga, the U.S. Geological survey reported, 42 miles south of Bima, a coastal city of about 140,000 people on the island of Sumbawa in West Nusa Tenggara province. The earthquake was centered at a depth of 26 miles.