Indonesia hit by another earthquake
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 | Email this to a friend | Print this
Posted by John Higgins under: Earthquakes
Jakarta - A moderate 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s North Maluku province on Wednesday, seismologists said, but there were no reports of casualties or damage.
“For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.”
—Mat 24:7
The deep undersea quake hit at 1.29pm (04H29 GMT), 97 kilometres (60 miles) northwest of the provincial capital of Ternate at a depth of 50 kilometres under the seabed, the Indonesian meteorological agency said.
It was felt in Ternate and Maluku, but there were no immediate reports of damage, an official at the agency told AFP.
The quake had no tsunami potential.
The Indonesian archipelago sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, where continental plates meet and cause frequent seismic and volcanic activity.
Indonesia was the nation worst hit by the earthquake-triggered Asian tsunami in December 2004, which killed about 168 000 people in Aceh province alone.