An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale has shaken an island in eastern Indonesia and killed six people.
An official at an earthquake monitoring centre in the city of Kupang on a nearby island, said the earthquake struck the town of Kalabahi on Alor island, 2,000 kilometres east of Jakarta at around 5.26 a.m.
"Reports say six have died and at least six are injured," he said. "Probably, the toll will go up. According to reports, the airport runway there has cracks now and several concrete buildings have collapsed," he said.
Earthquakes often occur in Indonesia, an archipelago of 17,000 islands that lies along the Pacific "ring of fire".
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The quake was also felt in East Timor but there were no reports of damage so far.