6.3-magnitude quake hits Sumatra.

JAKARTA (AP): An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 rattled the western coast of Sumatra on Friday, the local Meteorological and Geophysics Agency said, causing frightened residents to flee their homes.

There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties in Bengkulu province, about 600 kilometers west of the capital, Jakarta.

The quake was not believed to have been powerful enough to generate a tsunami, the agency said. The U.S. Geological Survey put the tremor at a magnitude 5.9.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit Indonesia's Irian Jaya region, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Sunday. The quake, very shallow at only 21.7 miles deep, struck at 0312 GMT 5 miles north of the town of Manokwari.

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JAKARTA (Reuters) - A 6.2 magnitude undersea quake jolted eastern Indonesia on Monday, damaging some houses and sparking panic among residents but causing no deaths, a meteorology agency official said. The U.S. Geological Survey placed the strong quake, shallow at only 35 km (21.7 miles) deep, at an epicenter at 8 km (5 miles) north of the coastal town of Manokwari in Indonesia's West Papua province.

"There are several houses on fire but we don't know yet how many exactly," Fauzi, head of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency's earthquake centre told Reuters. "The quake could have caused a short connection that ignited fire or stoves in use may have been tipped over." Fauzi said the quake, which caused widespread panic among residents, also caused cracks in many houses and building in Manokwari. Elshinta radio reported that people rushed out of their homes in panic towards higher ground, although no tsunami warning was issued.
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Magnitude  6.2
Date-Time
* Monday, January 07, 2008 at 03:12:30 UTC
* Monday, January 07, 2008 at 12:12:30 PM at epicenter
Location 0.817°S, 134.049°E
Depth 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
Distances 10 km (5 miles) NNW of Manokwari, Papua, Indonesia
310 km (190 miles) E of Sorong, Papua, Indonesia
1335 km (830 miles) NNE of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia
3090 km (1920 miles) E of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

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Zware aardbeving nabij Sumatra

Een zware aardbeving met een kracht van 6,2 op de schaal van Richter heeft het eiland Nias, vlakbij de westkust van het Indonesische eiland Sumatra, door mekaar geschud. Er is geen tsunami-alarm, zo zeggen Amerikaanse meteorologen. Er is op dit ogenblik nog geen melding gemaakt van slachtoffers of schade.

De aardbeving deed zich voor rond 00.14 uur (18.15 uur Belgische tijd). Het epicentrum lag in Nias, op ongeveer 170 kilometer ten zuidwesten van de stad Sibolga, in Sumatra, aldus Amerikaanse geologische diensten.

In 2005 vielen op Nias 850 doden bij een aardbeving van 8,7 op de schaal van Richter.

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Een dode bij zware aardbeving in Indonesië

Bij een zware aardbeving voor de kust van het Indonesische eiland Sumatra is woensdagochtend plaatselijke tijd een persoon om het leven gekomen. Vijf anderen liepen volgens de lokale media verwondingen op. Volgens het meteorologisch en geofysisch instituut in de hoofdstad Jakarta bereikte de zeebeving een kracht van 6,2 op de schaal van Richter. Het epicentrum lag 24 kilometer ten zuidwesten van het eiland Nias ongeveer tien kilometer onder de zeebodem. In het stadje Gunungsitoli op Nias werd zware schade veroorzaakt. De mensen renden in paniek hun huizen uit.

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Indonesia issues tsunami warning after quake

he Indonesian meteorology agency has issued a tsunami warning after an undersea earthquake of 6.6 strength on the Richter scale hit offshore East Timor today.

The United States Geological Survey put the quake at 6.3 magnitude and at a depth of 164 kilometres.

"There is a tsunami potential," the meteorology office said.



Magnitude 6.2
Date-Time
* Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 07:32:43 UTC
* Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 04:32:43 PM at epicenter
Location 7.373°S, 127.700°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region KEPULAUAN BARAT DAYA, INDONESIA
Distances
270 km (165 miles) ENE of DILI, East Timor
410 km (255 miles) W of Saumlaki, Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia
410 km (255 miles) S of Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia
660 km (410 miles) NNW of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia



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Aftershock jolts eastern Indonesia

A strong 5.9 magnitude aftershock has rocked an eastern Indonesian province, one day after a 6.6 magnitude quake prompted a brief tsunami alert, the meteorology and geophysics office says. The aftershock struck at 10:41 am (local time) and was centred 248 kilometres north west of Saumlaki town in Maluku province, the office said in a statement.

There is no risk of a tsunami, the office said.

Indonesia sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" where continental plates meet, causing frequent seismic and volcanic activity. The nation was hardest hit by the earthquake-triggered Asian tsunami in December 2004, which killed an estimated 168,000 people in Indonesia's Aceh province.

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