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Wed, 09/10/2008 - 23:40
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FOUR STRONG EARTHQUAKES STRIKE ON WEDNESDAY
Bengkulu, Sept 10 (ANTARA) - Four tectonic quakes measuring 5.0 to 5.8 on the Richter occurred in Indonesia on Wednesday.
According to the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) three of the quakes struck Aceh while the other one shook West Java.
The first quake measuring 5.2 occurred at 07:18:50 with its epicenter 36 kilometers southwest of Sinabang, Aceh, in a depth of 30 kilometers.
The other quake measuring 5.8 struck at 10:00:26 with its epicenter 30 kilometers eastwest of Sinabang in a depth of 10 kilometers.
The third took place in Aceh at 11:02:17 measuring 5.0 with its epicenter 100 kilometers eastwest of Sinabang and in a depth of 19 kilometers.
The epicenter of the last one measuring 5.0 was located 90 kilometers southwest of Tasikmalaya, West Java, in a depth of 15 kilometers.
According to the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) three of the quakes struck Aceh while the other one shook West Java.
The first quake measuring 5.2 occurred at 07:18:50 with its epicenter 36 kilometers southwest of Sinabang, Aceh, in a depth of 30 kilometers.
The other quake measuring 5.8 struck at 10:00:26 with its epicenter 30 kilometers eastwest of Sinabang in a depth of 10 kilometers.
The third took place in Aceh at 11:02:17 measuring 5.0 with its epicenter 100 kilometers eastwest of Sinabang and in a depth of 19 kilometers.
The epicenter of the last one measuring 5.0 was located 90 kilometers southwest of Tasikmalaya, West Java, in a depth of 15 kilometers.
