Series of Earthquakes rock eastern Indonesia

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

* Great Earthquakes In Diverse Places

Series of Earthquakes rock eastern Indonesia*

2008-05-07 10:06:31

JAKARTA, May 7 (Xinhua) -- A series of earthquakes with magnitudes
of 5.6 and 5.3 struck eastern parts of Indonesia on Wednesday morning.

The 5.6 magnitude quake jolted at 06:27 Jakarta time (2327GMT
Tuesday) with the epicenter at 184 kilometers northeast in Ende town of
East Nusa Ternggara province and at 202 kilometers under sea bed, an
official of the agency Agung Mulyoutomo told Xinhua.

The other quake hit at 05:41 Jakarta time (2241GMT Tuesday) with the
epicenter at 213 kilometers northwest in Saumlaki town of Maluku
province and at 134 kilometers under sea bed, said Mulyoutomo.

In 2004, over 170,000 people were dead in Aceh province in northern
tip of Sumatra Island after a tsunami triggered by a powerful quake
devastated coastal areas of the province and other countries in
Southeast Asia.