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Sat, 09/27/2008 - 17:00
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TECTONIC EARTHQUAKE SHAKES TUAL IN SOUTHEAST MALUKU
Ambon, 27 (ANTARA) - A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale shook Tual town and its vicinity in Southeast Maluku at 8:10 local time on Saturday morning, Ambon Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) spokesman Benny Sipolo said.
The epicenter of the quake was located 5.71 degrees southern latitude and 131.00 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 100 kilometers under the sea level, or about 193 kilometers northwest of Tual.
Benny said the earthquake did not have the potential to cause tsunami but it prompted the local people to scramble out of their homes and office buildings in panic for fear of another more powerful aftershock.
So far there was no immediate report of casualties or material damages.
Benny said that earlier on September 16, 2008 the eastern Indonesian islands of Ambon and Seram were jolted by a 5.8 magnitude whose epicenter was located at 2.31 degrees southern latitude and 127.95 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 35 kilometers under the sea level, or some 148 kilometers northwest of Ambon.
Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, sits on the Pacific
"Ring of Fire," the edge of a tectonic plate prone to seismic
upheaval.
The epicenter of the quake was located 5.71 degrees southern latitude and 131.00 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 100 kilometers under the sea level, or about 193 kilometers northwest of Tual.
Benny said the earthquake did not have the potential to cause tsunami but it prompted the local people to scramble out of their homes and office buildings in panic for fear of another more powerful aftershock.
So far there was no immediate report of casualties or material damages.
Benny said that earlier on September 16, 2008 the eastern Indonesian islands of Ambon and Seram were jolted by a 5.8 magnitude whose epicenter was located at 2.31 degrees southern latitude and 127.95 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 35 kilometers under the sea level, or some 148 kilometers northwest of Ambon.
Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, sits on the Pacific
"Ring of Fire," the edge of a tectonic plate prone to seismic
upheaval.
