11 February 2012, 01:52 (GMT+04:00)

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Quake toll in western Indonesia reaches 467

A government official says the death toll in Wednesday's earthquake on Indonesia's Sumatra island has reached 467, AP reported.

Tugiyo Bisri of the Social Affairs Ministry's crisis center says a total of 467 people are confirmed dead and 421 seriously injured in Wednesday's 7.6 magnitude quake.

He said Thursday that 376 deaths occurred in Padang, the capital of West Sumatra province. Pasaman district accounted for 75 deaths and the other dead were from three other districts.

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