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MANOKWARI AGAIN ROCKED BY QUAKE
Bengkulu, Jan 14 (ANTARA) - The Manokwari district in West Papuan Province was again rocked by a tectonic quake measuring 5.4 on the Richter Scale on Wednesday evening at 20:33:07 West Indonesia Standard Time (WIB).
The Meteorology and Geophysics Station (BMG) here disclosed on Wednesday that the epicenter of the quake was located 138 km Southwest of Manokwari in a depth of 30 km in the sea.
The quake was located 0.23 degrees Southern Lattitude and 132.99 degrees Eastern Longitude.
Earlier, at 14:19:05 WIB, a quake with a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale also jolted the district 1.07 degrees Southern Latitude and 133.11 degrees Eastern Longitude with its epicenter located 109 Southwest of Manokwari in a depth of 20 km in the sea.
On January 4, 2009, Manokwari was rattled by a 7.6 magnitude quake which killed four residents and damaged 1,769 buildings and houses.
The temblor also caused serious injuries on 31 residents, and slight ones on 476 others.
The Meteorology and Geophysics Station (BMG) here disclosed on Wednesday that the epicenter of the quake was located 138 km Southwest of Manokwari in a depth of 30 km in the sea.
The quake was located 0.23 degrees Southern Lattitude and 132.99 degrees Eastern Longitude.
Earlier, at 14:19:05 WIB, a quake with a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale also jolted the district 1.07 degrees Southern Latitude and 133.11 degrees Eastern Longitude with its epicenter located 109 Southwest of Manokwari in a depth of 20 km in the sea.
On January 4, 2009, Manokwari was rattled by a 7.6 magnitude quake which killed four residents and damaged 1,769 buildings and houses.
The temblor also caused serious injuries on 31 residents, and slight ones on 476 others.
