Moderate quake hits Sumatra, Indonesia
An earthquake with magnitude of 5. 7 struck off Sumatra island of Indonesia on Sunday, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency reported here.
The quake jolted at 11:15 a.m. Jakarta time (0415 GMT) with epicenter at 84 km southeast Mukomuko of Bengkulu province and with the depth at 26 km, the agency said.
Indonesia sits on a vulnerable quake-hit zone so called the " Pacific Ring of Fire", where two continental plates meet that frequently caused seismic and volcanic movements.
Editor: Xiong Tong
English.news.cn 2011-06-19 12:43:51 FeedbackPrintRSS
JAKARTA, June 19 (Xinhua)
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