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Tsunami alert after 6.7-quake hits Indonesia: seismologists
Jakarta (AFP) Feb 25, 2008 A strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island early Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, sparking a local tsunami alert and causing people to wake and flee outside. The quake, the second off Sumatra in 12 hours, struck at 1:06 am (1806 GMT) at a depth of 35 kilometres (22 miles), 164 kilometres southwest of Sumatra's Padang, the survey said. The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued the tsunami alert 11 minutes after the quake. Indonesia's geophysics and meteorology office (BMG) put the quake at 6.3 and put it at a depth of 25 kilometres. They did not issue any local tsunami warning. "Most probably it's an aftershock following the quake today (Monday)," BMG official based in Jakarta, Benny, told AFP. On Monday afternoon a 7.2-magnitude quake struck off the west coast of Sumatra, briefly triggering a tsunami alert, seismologists said, but there were no reports of damage. There were no initial reports of damage or injuries from the latest quake. A policeman in Padang who gave his name as Kalinggin told AFP that the latest quake was felt quite strongly and residents rushed outside to ensure their safety, but there was no panic "as people have got used to quakes." "There were no immediate reports of damage," he added. Last Wednesday, a strong 7.5-magnitude quake also rocked Indonesia's Aceh province, at the tip of Sumatra, killing three people and seriously injuring 25 others on remote Simeulue island. The Indonesian archipelago sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, where continental plates collide and cause frequent seismic and volcanic activity. Indonesia was the nation worst hit by the earthquake-triggered Indian Ocean tsunami in December 2004, which killed some 168,000 people in Aceh. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Bringing Order To A World Of Disasters When the Earth Quakes A world of storm and tempest
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Oslo (AFP) Feb 21, 2008Norway's biggest ever earthquake, measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale, shook the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard early Thursday, a Norwegian seismology institute said. |
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