Published on : Thursday, February 21, 2019
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported on its official website that the tremor`s epicenter was located at 0.78 degree latitude and 126.2 degree longitude, some 130 km southwest of Ternate, and at a depth of 30 km.
Earlier, an earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter Scale jolted West Maluku Tenggara, Maluku Province, on Tuesday at 11:55 p.m. WIB, but it did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami.
The quake`s epicenter was located at 7.57 degree southern latitude and 130.81 degree eastern longitude, 61 km southwest of West Maluku Tenggara, and at a depth of 83 km.
Indonesia is prone to natural disasters, as the country is located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, where numerous volcanoes and earthquakes occur.
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