Jakarta : A 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Maluku off eastern Indonesia on Friday, but no warning of tsunami was issued, the meteorology and geophysics agency said. The quake jolted at 12:42 local time (0542 GMT) with an epicenter 43 km southwest of Maluku Tenggara and a depth of 65 km, Yusuf Khaidar Ali of the agency said.
“This quake did not trigger a potential tsunami so we did not issue a warning accordingly,” he told Xinhua.
Spokesman of the national disaster management agency Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the quake did not cause any damage or casualties.
The temblor only triggered strong shakes in western part of Kai Island, sending panicked local people on the island to the streets, said Sutopo. Indonesia sees frequent quakes as it sits on a vulnerable quake-prone zone of “the Pacific Ring of Fire.”No casualties reported in magnitude 5.1 China quake : No casualties have been reported after a magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit an uninhabited area in northwest China’s Qinghai Province Friday. The quake jolted Zhidoi County in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture at 9:34 a.m., according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. At a depth of 10 km, the epicenter was located at a lake in Hol Xil Natural Reserve, according to the county earthquake administration. The center said there were no villages within a 20-km radius of the epicenter.-Xinhua
“This quake did not trigger a potential tsunami so we did not issue a warning accordingly,” he told Xinhua.
Spokesman of the national disaster management agency Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the quake did not cause any damage or casualties.
The temblor only triggered strong shakes in western part of Kai Island, sending panicked local people on the island to the streets, said Sutopo. Indonesia sees frequent quakes as it sits on a vulnerable quake-prone zone of “the Pacific Ring of Fire.”No casualties reported in magnitude 5.1 China quake : No casualties have been reported after a magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit an uninhabited area in northwest China’s Qinghai Province Friday. The quake jolted Zhidoi County in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture at 9:34 a.m., according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. At a depth of 10 km, the epicenter was located at a lake in Hol Xil Natural Reserve, according to the county earthquake administration. The center said there were no villages within a 20-km radius of the epicenter.-Xinhua
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