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WEST SUMATRA ROCKED BY 4.9 EARTHQUAKE
Bengkulu, Indonesia, Nov 10 (ANTARA) - West Sumatra was rocked again by an earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale at 10:30 on Tuesday morning.
Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said the earthquake was felt strongly by people in Padang city and Pariaman district.
It said the epicenter of the earthquake was located 1.29 degrees souther latitude and 99.39 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 98 km under the sea level, or some 74 km northeast of Siberut Mentawai.
The temblor was registered at II-III on the MMI in Padang city and II MMI in Pariaman district.
Earlier, at 9:49 a.m. local time on Tuesday, a stronger earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted Banda Aceh and its environs.
The quake's epicenter was located at 7.91 degrees northern latitude, and 9.48 degrees eastern longitude, at a depth of 10 km below sea level in waters near Nicobar island, India, according to Parsih, a staff member of the Mata Ie meteorology, climatology and geophysics station.
The temblor was felt particularly by people staying in high-rise buildings.
Indonesia's 17,000 islands are scattered along a belt of volcanic and seismic activity known as the "Pacific Ring of Fire," making the archipelago one of the most quake-prone regions on the planet.
A day earlier on Monday at dawn, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake that rattled Bima town, West Nusa Tenggara province, injured 88 people.
Six of the injured sustained bone fractures, the head of the health ministry's crisis control center, Dr Rustam S Pakaya, said in a short message service (SMS) text sent to ANTARA.
He said the quake also killed one person, identified as Siti Aisyah. The 70-year-old woman died after receiving intensive medical treatment for seven hours at a local general hospital.
In December 2004, a magnitude-8.9 earthquake devastated Aceh and Nias Island in North Sumatra province and triggered a deadly tsunami which killed around 200,000 people. ***
Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said the earthquake was felt strongly by people in Padang city and Pariaman district.
It said the epicenter of the earthquake was located 1.29 degrees souther latitude and 99.39 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 98 km under the sea level, or some 74 km northeast of Siberut Mentawai.
The temblor was registered at II-III on the MMI in Padang city and II MMI in Pariaman district.
Earlier, at 9:49 a.m. local time on Tuesday, a stronger earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted Banda Aceh and its environs.
The quake's epicenter was located at 7.91 degrees northern latitude, and 9.48 degrees eastern longitude, at a depth of 10 km below sea level in waters near Nicobar island, India, according to Parsih, a staff member of the Mata Ie meteorology, climatology and geophysics station.
The temblor was felt particularly by people staying in high-rise buildings.
Indonesia's 17,000 islands are scattered along a belt of volcanic and seismic activity known as the "Pacific Ring of Fire," making the archipelago one of the most quake-prone regions on the planet.
A day earlier on Monday at dawn, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake that rattled Bima town, West Nusa Tenggara province, injured 88 people.
Six of the injured sustained bone fractures, the head of the health ministry's crisis control center, Dr Rustam S Pakaya, said in a short message service (SMS) text sent to ANTARA.
He said the quake also killed one person, identified as Siti Aisyah. The 70-year-old woman died after receiving intensive medical treatment for seven hours at a local general hospital.
In December 2004, a magnitude-8.9 earthquake devastated Aceh and Nias Island in North Sumatra province and triggered a deadly tsunami which killed around 200,000 people. ***
