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Fri, 12/12/2008 - 14:13
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POWERFUL QUAKE AGAIN ROCKS GORONTALO PROVINCE
Gorontalo, Dec 12 (ANTARA) - A tectonic earthquake measuring 6.3 of the Richter Scale again rocked eastern Indonesian province of Gorontalo in Northern part of Sulawesi on Friday at 05.40 a.m.local time.
Meteorology and geophysics agency (BMG) here reported that the quake occurred at a depth of 95 kilometer with its epicenter located
at 0.13 degrees southern latitude and 123.6 degrees eastern longitude
or 101 kilometer southeast of Gorontalo (at Teluk Tomini).
There was no immediate report on casualties, but the quake caused a number of people to run out of their homes in panic.
This quake happened after the November 17 three powerful earthquakes measuring 7.7, 6.0, and 5.7 on the Richter scales, which consecutively struck the eastern provinces of North Sulawesi and Gorontalo in the early morning of Monday, causing the local residents to scramble out of their homes in panic.
On the occasion, BMG reported that the first quake measuring 7.7 on the Richter happened at 1:02 a.m. local time at a depth of 10 kilometer with its epicenter located 1.41 degrees northern latitude and 122.18 degrees eastern longitude, or 138 kilometer northwest of Gorontalo.
About 43 minutes later, the second aftershock measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale shook the same area at 1:45 a.m. which was then followed by the third weaker one at at 2:20 a.m. local time.
The third aftershock was at a depth of 30 kilometers under the sea level, or 109 kilometers northeast of Toli Toli in Central Sulawesi.
Recently, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono launched tsunami early warning system (TEWS) as part of the country's consistent efforts in detecting a tsunami in advance for 57 percent of Indonesia's coasts, around 46,170 kilometers of a total 81,000 kilometers coastline are prone to tsunamis.
With more than 17,000 islands, Indonesia lies
in the seismically-active "Pacific Ring of Fire" and it was hit by a
devastating tsunami on December 26, 2004, leaving at least 200,000 people dead or missing in Aceh province.
Meteorology and geophysics agency (BMG) here reported that the quake occurred at a depth of 95 kilometer with its epicenter located
at 0.13 degrees southern latitude and 123.6 degrees eastern longitude
or 101 kilometer southeast of Gorontalo (at Teluk Tomini).
There was no immediate report on casualties, but the quake caused a number of people to run out of their homes in panic.
This quake happened after the November 17 three powerful earthquakes measuring 7.7, 6.0, and 5.7 on the Richter scales, which consecutively struck the eastern provinces of North Sulawesi and Gorontalo in the early morning of Monday, causing the local residents to scramble out of their homes in panic.
On the occasion, BMG reported that the first quake measuring 7.7 on the Richter happened at 1:02 a.m. local time at a depth of 10 kilometer with its epicenter located 1.41 degrees northern latitude and 122.18 degrees eastern longitude, or 138 kilometer northwest of Gorontalo.
About 43 minutes later, the second aftershock measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale shook the same area at 1:45 a.m. which was then followed by the third weaker one at at 2:20 a.m. local time.
The third aftershock was at a depth of 30 kilometers under the sea level, or 109 kilometers northeast of Toli Toli in Central Sulawesi.
Recently, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono launched tsunami early warning system (TEWS) as part of the country's consistent efforts in detecting a tsunami in advance for 57 percent of Indonesia's coasts, around 46,170 kilometers of a total 81,000 kilometers coastline are prone to tsunamis.
With more than 17,000 islands, Indonesia lies
in the seismically-active "Pacific Ring of Fire" and it was hit by a
devastating tsunami on December 26, 2004, leaving at least 200,000 people dead or missing in Aceh province.
