Strong earthquake jolts eastern Indonesia
20:07, 13 October 2009
JAKARTA. October 13. KAZINFORM A 6.2 magnitude quake took place in Indonesia's eastern region on Tuesday at 8:38 Jakarta time (1138 GMT), Indonesian meteorology and geophysics agency reported here on Tuesday, Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
The epicenter of the quake was located at 252 km northeast of Ternate in Maluku and 299 km from Tahuna in North Sulawesi province and at a depth of 18 km. The agency said no tsunami threat was issued.
Indonesia, homed by over 230 million people, sits on a vulnerable quake-hit zone called "the Pacific Ring of Fire," where two continental plates meet, causing frequent seismic and volcanic movements, Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.chinaview.cn