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NORTH MALUKU HIT BY 5.4 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE
Bandar Lampung, Oct 31 (ANTARA) - An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted North Maluku at 5:38 local time on Friday morning, meteorology and geophysics agency (BMG) has reported.
It said the epicenter of the earthquake was located at 1.50 degrees northern latitude and 126.91 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 71 kilometers under the sea level.
It was located 94 kilometers northwest of Ternate in North Maluku, 191 kilometers northeast of Bitung and 230 kilometers northeast of Manado in North Sulawesi.
On Friday last October 24, a tectonic earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale also hit eastern Indonesian city of Ambon in Maluku.
Local Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) spokesman Benny Sipolo said the epicenter of the earthquake was located at 2.85 degrees southern latitude and 129.43 degrees eastern longitude.
He said the temblor occurred 165 kilometers northeast of Ambon at a depth of 37 kilometers under the sea level, but so far there was no immediate report of casualty or material damage.
The magnitude of the quake was strong enough but most of the people in Ambon did not feel it and continued to go about their daily activity as usual.
Benny said that on 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.
It said the epicenter of the earthquake was located at 1.50 degrees northern latitude and 126.91 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 71 kilometers under the sea level.
It was located 94 kilometers northwest of Ternate in North Maluku, 191 kilometers northeast of Bitung and 230 kilometers northeast of Manado in North Sulawesi.
On Friday last October 24, a tectonic earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale also hit eastern Indonesian city of Ambon in Maluku.
Local Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) spokesman Benny Sipolo said the epicenter of the earthquake was located at 2.85 degrees southern latitude and 129.43 degrees eastern longitude.
He said the temblor occurred 165 kilometers northeast of Ambon at a depth of 37 kilometers under the sea level, but so far there was no immediate report of casualty or material damage.
The magnitude of the quake was strong enough but most of the people in Ambon did not feel it and continued to go about their daily activity as usual.
Benny said that on 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.
