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Thu, 09/03/2009 - 22:55
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MAGNITUDE-5.3 EARTHQUAKE HITS PAPUA
Bandar Lampung, Sept 3 (ANTARA) - A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale (SR) with its epicenter located 31 kilometers northwest of Nabire hit Papua province on Thursday at 11.55 a.m local time, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said.
The temblor happened at 11.55 a.m at 3,08 degrees southern longitude and 135,44 degrees western latitude at a depth of 37 kilometers.
The earthquake did not have the potential to trigger tsunami.
Earlier, on Wednesday (Sept 2), an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter Scale struck Tasikmalaya, West Java, causing people in places as far Jakarta and Semarang (Central Java) to rush out of buildings in panic.
The quake's epicenter was located at 8.24 degrees southern latitude, and 107.32 degrees eastern longitude, according to information from the meteorological, climatology, and geophysics (BMKG) office.
Immediately after the earthquake, President Yudhoyono instructed West Java regional authorities to be on guard against the possibility of a tsunami.
At least 45 people died and at least 94 people were seriously injured, 405 slightly wounded and 38 others had gone missing, Rustam S Pakaya, head of the health ministry's crisis control center, said.
The powerful temblor also forced 5,348 people to take refuge. They comprise 2,848 refugees in Cianjur District, 2000 in Tasikmalaya District, and 500 others in Ciamis.
The disaster also damaged a number of houses and public facility buildings, including a hospital, he said.
Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," the edge of a tectonic plate prone to seismic upheaval.***3***
The temblor happened at 11.55 a.m at 3,08 degrees southern longitude and 135,44 degrees western latitude at a depth of 37 kilometers.
The earthquake did not have the potential to trigger tsunami.
Earlier, on Wednesday (Sept 2), an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter Scale struck Tasikmalaya, West Java, causing people in places as far Jakarta and Semarang (Central Java) to rush out of buildings in panic.
The quake's epicenter was located at 8.24 degrees southern latitude, and 107.32 degrees eastern longitude, according to information from the meteorological, climatology, and geophysics (BMKG) office.
Immediately after the earthquake, President Yudhoyono instructed West Java regional authorities to be on guard against the possibility of a tsunami.
At least 45 people died and at least 94 people were seriously injured, 405 slightly wounded and 38 others had gone missing, Rustam S Pakaya, head of the health ministry's crisis control center, said.
The powerful temblor also forced 5,348 people to take refuge. They comprise 2,848 refugees in Cianjur District, 2000 in Tasikmalaya District, and 500 others in Ciamis.
The disaster also damaged a number of houses and public facility buildings, including a hospital, he said.
Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," the edge of a tectonic plate prone to seismic upheaval.***3***
