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A young victim of earthquake is brought into a hospital in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, 02 September 2009. A powerful earthquake rattled Indonesia's main island of Java earlier in the day, killing at least 15 people. Photo by EPA/BGNES
At least 15 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck near the Indonesian island of Java, BBC reported.
Dozens of properties collapsed in the city of Tasikmalaya on the west of the island and thousands of people have been evacuated, officials said.
The magnitude 7.0 quake also damaged buildings in the university city of Bandung, also close to the epicentre.
In the capital, Jakarta, 200km (120 miles) north, hundreds fled into the streets from offices and shops.
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