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EARTHQUAKE HITS AMBON AGAIN
Ambon, Sept 16 (ANTARA) - A 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit the eastern Indonesian islands of Ambon and Seram again at 10:08 local time on Tuesday or one day after a 5.2 temblor jolted the area early Monday.
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.
Ambon Meteorology and Geophysics Agency spokesman Benny Sipolo said the quake's 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.
The epicenter of Tuesday morning's quake was not far from Monday's , namely at 2.91 degrees southern latitude and 128.19 degrees eastern longitude, around 80 km northeast of Ambon, 263 km southeast of Sanana, Maluku Province, at a depth of 10 km below sea level.
Earlier on Saturday, September 13, 2008, the eastern Indonesian islands of Maluku were also jolted by an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale.
BMG said the epicenter of Saturday's quake was located at a depth of 72 kilometers under the sea level, about 97 kilometers northeast of Ambon, 370 kilometers northwest of Fakfak in West Papua, 371 kilometers southeast of Labuha in North Maluku, 380 kilometers southeast of Sanana in North Maluku, and 392 kilometers northwest of Sorong in West Papua.
Benny Sipollo confirmed that there was a 6.1 magnitude earthquake some 97 kilometers northeast of the city on Saturday but there were no immediate reports of injury and damage from the quake.
However, most of the people in Ambon did not feel the intensity of the earthquake.
"There is no earthquake in Ambon. We don't feel any tremor here," said Yohanes Ratumali, a residence of Benteng Atas at Gunung Nona hillside.
On Thursday, September 11, Halmahera island in North Maluku was also hit by a more powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake.
Soon after the earthquake, BMG issued a tsunami warning but it was lifted later after receiving report from several areas, saying that there was no indication of tsunami.
Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, sits on the Pacific
"Ring of Fire," the edge of a tectonic plate prone to seismic
upheaval.
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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.
Ambon Meteorology and Geophysics Agency spokesman Benny Sipolo said the quake's 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.
The epicenter of Tuesday morning's quake was not far from Monday's , namely at 2.91 degrees southern latitude and 128.19 degrees eastern longitude, around 80 km northeast of Ambon, 263 km southeast of Sanana, Maluku Province, at a depth of 10 km below sea level.
Earlier on Saturday, September 13, 2008, the eastern Indonesian islands of Maluku were also jolted by an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale.
BMG said the epicenter of Saturday's quake was located at a depth of 72 kilometers under the sea level, about 97 kilometers northeast of Ambon, 370 kilometers northwest of Fakfak in West Papua, 371 kilometers southeast of Labuha in North Maluku, 380 kilometers southeast of Sanana in North Maluku, and 392 kilometers northwest of Sorong in West Papua.
Benny Sipollo confirmed that there was a 6.1 magnitude earthquake some 97 kilometers northeast of the city on Saturday but there were no immediate reports of injury and damage from the quake.
However, most of the people in Ambon did not feel the intensity of the earthquake.
"There is no earthquake in Ambon. We don't feel any tremor here," said Yohanes Ratumali, a residence of Benteng Atas at Gunung Nona hillside.
On Thursday, September 11, Halmahera island in North Maluku was also hit by a more powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake.
Soon after the earthquake, BMG issued a tsunami warning but it was lifted later after receiving report from several areas, saying that there was no indication of tsunami.
Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, sits on the Pacific
"Ring of Fire," the edge of a tectonic plate prone to seismic
upheaval.
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