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EARTHQUAKE JOLTS WEST SUMATRA MONDAY
Bengkulu, Jan 12 (ANTARA) - A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted Sipura Mentawai area in West Sumatra at 2:50 a.m. local time on Monday when the local people were sound asleep but there was no immediate report of casualty or damages.
According to information from meteorology and geophysics agency, the epicenter of the quake was located at between 1.84 degrees southern latitude and 99.32 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 10 km below sea level, or some 55 kilometers northwest of Sipura Mentawai.
Last Friday, January 9, another tectonic earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale also rocked West Sumatra's area of Painan.
The quake's epicenter was located at 1.61 degrees southern latitude and 100.39 degrees eastern longitude, around 35 km southwest of Painan, at a depth of 21 km below sea level, according to the national meteorological and geophysics office.
In the same day on Friday at least four earthquakes hit Indonesia. The temblors were felt in Sorong (twice), Manokwari (West Papua Province), and Painan.
Last Sunday (Jan. 4), a series of earthquakes hit Manokwari, West Papua Province, killed five, injured dozens of residents and damaged a number of buildings, including hotels and the West Papua governor's office.
Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, sits on the Pacific
"Ring of Fire," the edge of a tectonic plate prone to seismic
upheaval.
According to information from meteorology and geophysics agency, the epicenter of the quake was located at between 1.84 degrees southern latitude and 99.32 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 10 km below sea level, or some 55 kilometers northwest of Sipura Mentawai.
Last Friday, January 9, another tectonic earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale also rocked West Sumatra's area of Painan.
The quake's epicenter was located at 1.61 degrees southern latitude and 100.39 degrees eastern longitude, around 35 km southwest of Painan, at a depth of 21 km below sea level, according to the national meteorological and geophysics office.
In the same day on Friday at least four earthquakes hit Indonesia. The temblors were felt in Sorong (twice), Manokwari (West Papua Province), and Painan.
Last Sunday (Jan. 4), a series of earthquakes hit Manokwari, West Papua Province, killed five, injured dozens of residents and damaged a number of buildings, including hotels and the West Papua governor's office.
Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, sits on the Pacific
"Ring of Fire," the edge of a tectonic plate prone to seismic
upheaval.
