The quake was centered 65 km southwest of Muara Aman at a depth of 56 km, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said in its official website.
The temblor was felt by people living in Muara Aman for a few seconds, local resident Hermawan said.
Bengkulu was hit by a powerful quake with a magnitude of 7.9 in 2007, leaving tens of people dead and destroying thousands of houses with material losses estimated at hundreds of billions of rupiahs.
Earlier, a 7.3 magnitude quake also rattled the province in 2000 in which tens of people perished. (T.SYS/C/S012/B003)
(ANTARA)
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