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Earthquakes In Diverse Places
Strong 5.9-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia's Sulawesi
AFP | Dec 19, 2011, 08.22AM IST
JAKARTA: A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Indonesian island
of Sulawesi on Monday, US seismologists said, but there were no
immediate reports of casualties or damage, and no tsunami alert.
The quake hit at 9:23am (0123 GMT) at a depth of 33 kilometres (21
miles), around 57 kilometres southwest of the main city of Palu,
the US Geological Survey said.
"There was some shaking but no major panic in Palu. There's no
report of casualty or injury so far," said Suharjono, technical
chief at Indonesia's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency.
Indonesia sits on the Pacific " Ring of Fire", where the meeting
of continental plates causes strong seismic activity including
earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.