Strong quake shakes Indonesia
Pastor Dale Morgan
Wednesday December 13, 4:10 AM Reuters
*Strong quake shakes Indonesia*
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A strong undersea earthquake shook northeastern
Indonesia late on Tuesday but there was no danger of a tsunami because
of its depth, an official at the country's meteorology agency said.
The quake, of magnitude 6.5, struck at 10:48 pm (3:48 p.m. British time)
on Tuesday, 252 km (157 miles) north east of the city of Manado on the
island of Sulawesi at a depth of 237 km, Benny, an official at
Indonesia's meteorology and geophysical centre, said by telephone on
Wednesday.
The U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site the quake measured 6.2.
The Indonesian official said the tremor could be felt in the town of
Ternate in the north Mollucas area but there were no immediate reports
of damage or casualties.
Earthquakes are frequent in Indonesia, which straddles a seismically
active part of the so-called "Ring of Fire" in the Pacific.