Monday, June 20, 2011

Moderate quake hits Sumatra, Indonesia

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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