Antara News : Magnitude 7 earthquake shakes North Maluku

Magnitude 7 earthquake shakes North Maluku

Sun, March 14 2010 19:01 | 738 Views

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Jakarta, March (ANTARA News) - A magnitude 7 earthquake shook North Maluku province on Sunday at 7.57 am local time, but the tremor did not have a potential to trigger a tsunami.

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) disclosed that the tremor was located 1.58 degrees south latitude and 128.20 east longitude at a depth of 56 kilometers.

The quake`s epicenter was located 132 km southeast of Labuha, North Maluku, 227 km northeast of Ambon, and 252 km northeast of Sanana, Maluku.(*)

Editor: Ruslan Burhani

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