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5.8-magnitude quake hits eastern Indonesia

5.8-magnitude quake hits eastern Indonesia
# 04 April 2012 03:43 (UTC +04:00)
Baku-APA. An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale struck off eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency reported here, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

The epicenter of the quake which jolted at 06:42 a.m. Jakarta time (23:42 GMT Tuesday) is located at 101 km northwest of Kepulauan Aru in Maluku province with a depth of 10 km under seabed, the agency said.

The U.S. Geological Survey measured the earthquake 5.7 on the Richter scale.

Indonesia sits on the so-called "Pacific Ring of Fire"which is vulnerable to quake and volcano.
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