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MAGNITUDE-6.3 QUAKE JOLTS BENGKULU
Bengkulu, Nov 22 (ANTARA) - A tectonic earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 on the Richer Scale jolted Bengkulu again on Saturday evening, according to the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG).
Fahmiza, a BMG official in Bengkulu, said on Saturday that the quake struck at 23:48 pm local time with its epicenter at 4.56 degrees southern lattitude and 101.18 degrees eastern longitude.
It was located 147 km soutwest of Bengkulu town at a depth of 10 km below sea level.
The quake was an aftershock following the first temblor which rattled the province at 23:01 pm with a magniture of about 6.7 on the Richer Scale.
This province was last year rocked by a tectonic quake measuring 7.9 on the Richter Scale which killed at least 15 people and injured over 50 others.
On Wednesday, a strong earthquake with the magnitude of 6.1 was reported to have shaken Bengkulu.
The quake struck at 15:48 p.m. local time (GMT+7) with the epicenter at 67 km southeast Bengkulu town, capital of Bengkulu province and at 31 km under sea bed without potential of tsunami, a text message from the agency said.
The quake's epicentre was about 100 miles southwest of the city of Bengkulu at a depth of some 16 miles, according to the country's meteorology agency.
The US Geological Survey put the magnitude at 6.8.
Local officials said there was no risk of a tsunami or immediate reports of damage.
In December 2004, a massive earthquake off Sumatra triggered a tsunami that battered much of the Indian Ocean coastline and killed more than 230,000 people in Aceh and Nias island.
Fahmiza, a BMG official in Bengkulu, said on Saturday that the quake struck at 23:48 pm local time with its epicenter at 4.56 degrees southern lattitude and 101.18 degrees eastern longitude.
It was located 147 km soutwest of Bengkulu town at a depth of 10 km below sea level.
The quake was an aftershock following the first temblor which rattled the province at 23:01 pm with a magniture of about 6.7 on the Richer Scale.
This province was last year rocked by a tectonic quake measuring 7.9 on the Richter Scale which killed at least 15 people and injured over 50 others.
On Wednesday, a strong earthquake with the magnitude of 6.1 was reported to have shaken Bengkulu.
The quake struck at 15:48 p.m. local time (GMT+7) with the epicenter at 67 km southeast Bengkulu town, capital of Bengkulu province and at 31 km under sea bed without potential of tsunami, a text message from the agency said.
The quake's epicentre was about 100 miles southwest of the city of Bengkulu at a depth of some 16 miles, according to the country's meteorology agency.
The US Geological Survey put the magnitude at 6.8.
Local officials said there was no risk of a tsunami or immediate reports of damage.
In December 2004, a massive earthquake off Sumatra triggered a tsunami that battered much of the Indian Ocean coastline and killed more than 230,000 people in Aceh and Nias island.
