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MILD TEMBLOR JOLTS KENDARI GULF
Kendari, INDONESIA, June 30 (ANTARA) - A mild earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter Scale jolted Kendari Gulf, around 15 km from Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi Province, on Tuesday at 12.48 am local time.
The earthquake's epicenter was located at 3.96 degrees southern latitude and 122.62 degrees eastern longitude, at a depth of 10 km below sea level, according to Sukardi, head of the Kendari meteorological and geophysics office, here on Tuesday.
The temblor was only at the second level of MMI (Mercalli Modified Intensity) and could be felt slightly by residents of Kendari, for around five seconds.
"It's just an ordinary tectonic earthquake due to the Lasolo fault, which is a tectonic route in Palu, Central Sulawesi," Sukardi said.
Last Monday (June 29), an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter Scale jolted Tual, Maluku Province.
The earthquake's epicenter was located at 5.1 degrees southern latitude, 133.50 degrees eastern longitude, at a depth of 10 km below sea level, according to information from the Meteorological, Geophysics and Climatology Agency (BMKG) here on Monday.
The temblor was around 117 km northeast of Tual, Maluku, 141 km southwest of Kiamana, Papua Province, 256 km southeast of Fakfak, West Papua Province, 280 km southwest of Nabire, Papua, and 334 km of Keawkwa, Papua.
The earthquake did not have the potential to cause a tsunami.
Meanwhile, a tectonic earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted the Ujung Kulon area in Banten at 2:23 local time last Thursday morning (June 25).
Indonesia is prone to seismic upheavals due to its location on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire", an area of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.
In December 2004, Aceh Province and Nias Island (North Sumatra) were devastated by a 8.9-magnitude earthquake and a deadly subsequent tsunami which killed around 200,000 lives. ***
The earthquake's epicenter was located at 3.96 degrees southern latitude and 122.62 degrees eastern longitude, at a depth of 10 km below sea level, according to Sukardi, head of the Kendari meteorological and geophysics office, here on Tuesday.
The temblor was only at the second level of MMI (Mercalli Modified Intensity) and could be felt slightly by residents of Kendari, for around five seconds.
"It's just an ordinary tectonic earthquake due to the Lasolo fault, which is a tectonic route in Palu, Central Sulawesi," Sukardi said.
Last Monday (June 29), an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter Scale jolted Tual, Maluku Province.
The earthquake's epicenter was located at 5.1 degrees southern latitude, 133.50 degrees eastern longitude, at a depth of 10 km below sea level, according to information from the Meteorological, Geophysics and Climatology Agency (BMKG) here on Monday.
The temblor was around 117 km northeast of Tual, Maluku, 141 km southwest of Kiamana, Papua Province, 256 km southeast of Fakfak, West Papua Province, 280 km southwest of Nabire, Papua, and 334 km of Keawkwa, Papua.
The earthquake did not have the potential to cause a tsunami.
Meanwhile, a tectonic earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted the Ujung Kulon area in Banten at 2:23 local time last Thursday morning (June 25).
Indonesia is prone to seismic upheavals due to its location on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire", an area of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.
In December 2004, Aceh Province and Nias Island (North Sumatra) were devastated by a 8.9-magnitude earthquake and a deadly subsequent tsunami which killed around 200,000 lives. ***
