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Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Quake shakes buildings in Indonesia's capital

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Reported by: AP/UNBconnect
Reported on: June 04, 2012 20:39 PM
Reported in: International

JAKARTA, June 4(AP/UNB) - A strong earthquake off Indonesia's coast caused tall buildings to sway in the capital Monday afternoon, but officials said there was no threat of a tsunami.
No damage or casualties were immediately reported.

Indonesia's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency put the preliminary magnitude of the quake at 6.1. It hit 121 kilometers (75 miles) southwest of Sukabumi, a town on the coast of West Java province.

It was centered 24 kilometers (15 miles) beneath the floor of the Indian Ocean.
Office workers in high-rise buildings felt about 10 seconds of intense shaking.

Jakarta has a population of 9 million. Indonesia has frequent earthquakes due to its location on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.

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