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NORTH SULAWESI JOLTED BY 5.9 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE
Manado, Indonesia, July 2 (ANTARA) - A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi at 5:44 on Thursday morning.
The epicenter of the earthquake was located at 1.12 degrees northern latitude and 126.10 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 23 km under the sea surface, some 107 km southeast of Bitung, but there was no immediate report of casualties or material damage.
Local meteorology and geophysics agency (BMG) spokesman Mudjianto said here on Thursday that the quake did not have the potential to cause a tsunami.
But he said its magnitude was felt by people in Bitung, Minahasa, Minahasa Selatan, Manado, and the islands of Sangihe and Talaud.
Early last month the areas in North Sulawesi were also jolted by a 5.0 magnitude earthquake, located 180 km southwest of Bitung town in the northern part of Sulawesid island.
The quake which struck at 6.59 a.m. local time at a depth of 24 km under the sea surface did not have the potential to cause a tsunami, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said.
Thursday morning's quake in North Sulawesi was the latest in a series of tremors hitting Indonesia since June 2009.
On June 2, a magnitude 5.3 undersea quake struck the waters 35 km southwest of South Pagawai in Mentawai island, West Sumatra, at a depth of 10 km.
Later on June 4, two earthquakes measuring 5.3 and 5.5 on the Richter scale respectively rocked Ende in East Nusa Tenggara province at a depth of 10 km and South Pagai in West Sumatra province at a depth of 10 km.
On Tuesday, June 30, a moderate earthquake measuring 3.0 on the Richter scale rocked Kendari gulf around 15 km from Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi province.
Its epicenter was located at 3.96 degrees southern latitude and 122.62 degrees eastern longitude, at a depth of 10 km below sea level.
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.
On December 26, 2004, Aceh Province and Nias Island (North Sumatra) were devastated by a 8.9-magnitude earthquake and a subsequent deadly tsunami which claimed around 200,000 lives. ***
The epicenter of the earthquake was located at 1.12 degrees northern latitude and 126.10 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 23 km under the sea surface, some 107 km southeast of Bitung, but there was no immediate report of casualties or material damage.
Local meteorology and geophysics agency (BMG) spokesman Mudjianto said here on Thursday that the quake did not have the potential to cause a tsunami.
But he said its magnitude was felt by people in Bitung, Minahasa, Minahasa Selatan, Manado, and the islands of Sangihe and Talaud.
Early last month the areas in North Sulawesi were also jolted by a 5.0 magnitude earthquake, located 180 km southwest of Bitung town in the northern part of Sulawesid island.
The quake which struck at 6.59 a.m. local time at a depth of 24 km under the sea surface did not have the potential to cause a tsunami, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said.
Thursday morning's quake in North Sulawesi was the latest in a series of tremors hitting Indonesia since June 2009.
On June 2, a magnitude 5.3 undersea quake struck the waters 35 km southwest of South Pagawai in Mentawai island, West Sumatra, at a depth of 10 km.
Later on June 4, two earthquakes measuring 5.3 and 5.5 on the Richter scale respectively rocked Ende in East Nusa Tenggara province at a depth of 10 km and South Pagai in West Sumatra province at a depth of 10 km.
On Tuesday, June 30, a moderate earthquake measuring 3.0 on the Richter scale rocked Kendari gulf around 15 km from Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi province.
Its epicenter was located at 3.96 degrees southern latitude and 122.62 degrees eastern longitude, at a depth of 10 km below sea level.
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.
On December 26, 2004, Aceh Province and Nias Island (North Sumatra) were devastated by a 8.9-magnitude earthquake and a subsequent deadly tsunami which claimed around 200,000 lives. ***
