A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted North Maluku at 8:46 p.m. local time on Saturday, the meteorology and geophysics agency (BMG) said. The epicenter of the quake was located at 1.75 degrees southern latitude and 128.98 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 33 km below the sea level, but had no potential to cause tsunami.But so far there was no immediate report of casualties and material damage from the earthquake which occurred 209 kilometers southeast of Labuha, North Maluku; 227 kilometers northeast of Ambon; 275 kilometers southwest of Sorong in West Papua; 333 kilometers southeast of Ternate. At 3:52 a.m. on Saturday morning another earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale also rattled the northeastern part of Manado in North Sulawesi province.
The tremor’s epicenter was located at 4.87 degrees northern latitude and 126.52 degrees eastern longitude, at a depth of 30 km beneath the sea level, around 98 km northwest of Melonguane, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said in its official website. The earthquake did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami, the BMKG said.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or material damage. In addition, on Friday (July 10), an earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale also rocked the eastern part of Central Sulawesi province, forcing thousands of residents to rush outdoors.
The epicenter of the quake which struck at 11.50 a.m. was in Tomini Bay about 52 km southeast of Gorontalo city at a depth of 211 km beneath the sea level, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said in its official website. Meanwhile, last July 6, an earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale jolted Meulaboh, Nangro Aceh Darussalam (NAD) Province.
The temblor’s epicenter was located at 3.14 degrees northern latitude and 93.35 degrees eastern longitude, around 327 km southwest of Meulaboh at a depth of about 10 km below sea level. Indonesia sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," where the meeting of continental plates causes high volcanic and seismic activity.
On December 26, 2004, a 8.9 magnitude undersea earthquake and a subsequent tsunami devastated part of Aceh province, killing around 200,000 people.
source from Harian Kompas
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