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Saturday, April 24, 2010

6.4-magnitude earthquake strikes eastern Indonesia

Jakarta - An earthquake measuring 6.4 struck islands in north-eastern Indonesia Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries and damage, officials said.

The quake occurred at 4:41 pm (0741 GMT), the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) said. Its epicenter was 155 kilometers south-east of the city Labuha in North Maluku province, or about 2,400 kilometers north-east of Jakarta at a depth of 30 kilometers.

The BMG said the quake did not trigger a tsunami.

It was the latest of a series of earthquakes to jolt Indonesia in recent months.

A powerful 7.6-magnitude quake struck off the western coast of Sumatra in September, killing thousands and injuring hundreds of others.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/320342,64-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-eastern-indonesia.html.

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