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KAIMANA JOLTED BY 5.6 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE
Jakarta, Sept 4 (ANTARA)- An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted Kaimana district in West Papua early Friday morning.
Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported that the epicenter of the earthquake was located 4.69 degrees southern latitude and 134.10 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 49 km under the sea level, or 119 km southeast of Kaimana.
Earlier on Thursday another 5.3 magnitude earthquake also rocked Nabire district in Papua but there was no immediate report of casualty or material damage.
The epicenter of the quake was located at 3,08 degrees southern longitude and 135,44 degrees western latitude at a depth of 37 kilometers.
The earthquake did not have potential to trigger tsunami.
Earlier, on Wednesday (Sept 2), an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter Scale struck Tasikmalaya, West Java, causing people in places as far Jakarta and Semarang (Central Java) to rush out of buildings in panic.
The quake's epicenter was located at 8.24 degrees southern latitude, and 107.32 degrees eastern longitude, according to information from the meteorological, climatology, and geophysics (BMKG) office.
Immediately after the earthquake, President Yudhoyono instructed West Java regional authorities to be on guard against the possibility of a tsunami.
At least 52 people died and at least 94 people were seriously injured, 405 slightly wounded and 38 others had gone missing, Rustam S Pakaya, head of the health ministry's crisis control center, said.
The powerful temblor also forced 5,348 people to take refuge. They comprise 2,848 refugees in Cianjur District, 2000 in Tasikmalaya District, and 500 others in Ciamis.
The disaster also damaged a number of houses and public facility buildings, including a hospital, he said.
Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," the edge of a tectonic plate prone to seismic upheaval.***
Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported that the epicenter of the earthquake was located 4.69 degrees southern latitude and 134.10 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 49 km under the sea level, or 119 km southeast of Kaimana.
Earlier on Thursday another 5.3 magnitude earthquake also rocked Nabire district in Papua but there was no immediate report of casualty or material damage.
The epicenter of the quake was located at 3,08 degrees southern longitude and 135,44 degrees western latitude at a depth of 37 kilometers.
The earthquake did not have potential to trigger tsunami.
Earlier, on Wednesday (Sept 2), an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter Scale struck Tasikmalaya, West Java, causing people in places as far Jakarta and Semarang (Central Java) to rush out of buildings in panic.
The quake's epicenter was located at 8.24 degrees southern latitude, and 107.32 degrees eastern longitude, according to information from the meteorological, climatology, and geophysics (BMKG) office.
Immediately after the earthquake, President Yudhoyono instructed West Java regional authorities to be on guard against the possibility of a tsunami.
At least 52 people died and at least 94 people were seriously injured, 405 slightly wounded and 38 others had gone missing, Rustam S Pakaya, head of the health ministry's crisis control center, said.
The powerful temblor also forced 5,348 people to take refuge. They comprise 2,848 refugees in Cianjur District, 2000 in Tasikmalaya District, and 500 others in Ciamis.
The disaster also damaged a number of houses and public facility buildings, including a hospital, he said.
Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," the edge of a tectonic plate prone to seismic upheaval.***
