Earthquake Shakes Eastern Indonesia, Kills at Least 20

Earthquake Shakes Eastern Indonesia, Kills at Least 20
A damaged traditional market building is pictured following an earthquake in Ambon, Indonesia, Sept. 26, 2019 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Izaak Mulyawan/Reuters
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JAKARTA, Indonesia—A strong earthquake on Sept. 26 killed at least 20 people and damaged a bridge, a hospital, and other buildings on one of Indonesia’s less-populated islands.

Parts of a building at an Islamic university collapsed in Ambon, the capital of Maluku province. Local disaster official Albert Simaela said a teacher was killed there when parts of the building fell on her.