Shallow quake strikes off Sumatra, Indonesia
12:15, 6 August 2011
JAKARTA. August 6. KAZINFORM A shallow moderate quake measuring 5.6 Richter scale jolted Sumatra Island of Indonesia on Saturday, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency reported here. Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
The quake struck at 9:45 a.m. Jakarta time (0245 GMT) with epicenter at 44 km southwest Mukomuko town of Bengkulu province and with the depth at 10 km under sea bed, an official of the agency told Xinhua.
Indonesia is prone to earthquake as it lies on a vulnerable quake-hit zone so called "the Pacific Ring of Fire". Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.xinhuanet.com