A powerful 6.6-magnitude quake hit eastern Indonesia early Thursday, injuring at least four people and destroying more than 100 homes, officials said, according to AFP.

The quake struck at 6:41 am (2241 GMT Wednesday) about 51 kilometres (31 miles) northwest of the town of Sumbawa, at a depth of 10 kilometres, the meteorology office said.

Local district chief Abdurahman said 124 houses had been destroyed and about 117 others had been lightly damaged.

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"Four people have been treated here with light wounds ... They have already gone home," a nurse at a local health clinic told AFP.

The US Geological Survey said it had registered a 5.7-magnitude quake near Sumbawa, part of an island chain which forms West Nusa Tenggara province.

The Indonesian archipelago sits on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, where continental plates meet causing seismic and volcanic activity.

AFP