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JAKARTA, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Indonesia issued a tsunami warning after two strong earthquakes struck in the area of northern Sulawesi, the country’s meteorological agency said via a telephone text message on Monday.
A magnitude 7.7 quake struck in the Gorontalo area of Sulawesi island at a shallow depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the agency said.
It said a second 6.0 magnitude quake struck shortly afterwards in northern Sulawesi.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the second quake, at 1734 GMT, was 5.6 magnitude at a depth of 9.9 km (6.2 miles), 83 miles northwest of Gorontalo.
Indonesia launched a new hi-tech system on Tuesday aimed at detecting a potential tsunami and providing faster alerts in a region battered by frequent earthquakes.
The sprawling archipelago of some 17,000 islands, which lies in the seismically-active “Pacific Ring of Fire”, was hit by a devastating tsunami four years ago that left an estimated 170,000 people dead or missing in Aceh province. (Reporting by Telly Nathalia, Writing by Ed Davies; Editing by Janet Lawrence
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Quake damages houses on Indonesia’s Sumbawa island 07 Aug 2008
04:23:58 GMT
Source: Reuters
A shallow earthquake shook Indonesia’s Sumbawa island on Thursday,
damaging several hundred houses, but there was no tsunami warning or
immediate reports of casualties, officials said. The U.S. Geological
Survey put the quake’s magnitude at 5.7, while Indonesia’s
meteorology and geophysics agency said it was 6.6 on the Richter
scale.
The epicentre of the quake was 51 km (31.69 miles) northeast of
Sumbawa island at a depth of 10 km, according to an official at the
Indonesian agency.
There were at two aftershocks reported in the area later on Thursday.
Slamet Wijoyo, an official at the Indonesian meteorology agency,
said 200 houses were severely damaged in a village in the Pekat area
on Sumbawa about 40 km from the epicentre.
Another official at Indonesia’s disaster management centre said 75
houses were damaged in the Sanggar area in Dompu regency.
No casualties were reported. Indonesia suffers frequent earthquakes
lying in an area of intense seismic activity where several tectonic
plates collide.
No tsunami after 6.7 magnitude quake jolts Maluku
Ambon,(ANTARA News) – The head of the Geophysic Station in Ambon, Benny Sipolo, said that there would be no tsuname to happen after a 6.7 magnitude earhquake jolted Maluku Tenggara Barat district at about 10:05 on Saturday.
“We have monitored the possibility of tsunami at the time when temblor shook the area,” he said.
The epicenter was detected in 7,41 degree southern latitude and 129,66 western longitude or about 194 km Southwest of Saumlaki city.
The location of the quake was about 72 km below the sea level, so that it would not trigger tsunami.
As to the material losses, Benny said there was no such report from the local administration or people.
“Perhaps the people need to exercise more caution on possible aftershocks and hence they are called not to go fishing first,” he said.(*)
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