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Sun, 03/14/2010 - 13:41
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MAGNITUDE 7 EARTHQUAKE SHAKES NORTH MALUKU

Jakarta, March 14 (ANTARA) - A magnitude 7 earthquake shook North Maluku province on Sunday at 7.57 am local time, but the tremor did not have a potential to trigger a tsunami.

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) disclosed that the tremor was located 1.58 degrees south latitude and 128.20 east longitude at a depth of 56 kilometers.

The quake's epicenter was located 132 km southeast of Labuha, North Maluku, 227 km northeast of Ambon, and 252 km northeast of Sanana, Maluku.***



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