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Fri, 08/08/2008 - 08:42
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SEVERAL BUILDINGS DAMAGED DUE TO QUAKE IN SUMBAWA, INDONESIA
Denpasar, Aug 7 (ANTARA) - The undersea 6.6 magnitude earthquake that rattled the Indonesian island of Sumbawa on Thursday morning caused damage to a number of buildings, a spokesman said.
"Based on a preliminary report, a number of buildings were damaged in the earthquake. We are still waiting for a detailed report on the extent of damage. No casualty has been reported so far," H Sutrisno, head of the data and information section at the Denpasar meteorology and geophysics station, said.
The epicenter of the quake which struck at 06.41 p.m. was in the sea about 51 km northeast of Sumbawa at a depth of 10 km.
Earlier, at 05.07 a.m. an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale also hit the area with the epicenter located 50 km northeast of Sumbawa.
None of the two tremblors caused a tsunami.
The 6.6 magnitude earthquake was felt by people living in Dompu, Sumbawa Besar and Sumbawa Barat at II-III and Bali island at II on the Modified Merchally scale, Sutrisno said.
Indonesia is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.
"Based on a preliminary report, a number of buildings were damaged in the earthquake. We are still waiting for a detailed report on the extent of damage. No casualty has been reported so far," H Sutrisno, head of the data and information section at the Denpasar meteorology and geophysics station, said.
The epicenter of the quake which struck at 06.41 p.m. was in the sea about 51 km northeast of Sumbawa at a depth of 10 km.
Earlier, at 05.07 a.m. an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale also hit the area with the epicenter located 50 km northeast of Sumbawa.
None of the two tremblors caused a tsunami.
The 6.6 magnitude earthquake was felt by people living in Dompu, Sumbawa Besar and Sumbawa Barat at II-III and Bali island at II on the Modified Merchally scale, Sutrisno said.
Indonesia is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.
