An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale
jolted Sunda Strait, Indonesia at 19:26:42 GMT on Saturday, the U.S.
Geological Survey said.The epicenter, with a depth of 49.00 km, was initially determined to
be at 6.8740 degrees south latitude and 105.3783 degrees east longitude.
The quake struck at
02:26 am (1926 GMT Saturday) at a depth of about 50 kilometres. The USGS
reported the epicentre was more than 170 kilometres west of the capital
Jakarta.
Recently two massive earthquakes struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island last week, triggering an Indian Ocean-wide tsunami alert and sending terrified people fleeing from the coast.With a magnitude of 8.6, the first of the two quakes which hit on Wednesday was the strongest since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed 170,000 in Indonesia's quake-prone Aceh province.But the tsunami watch on Wednesday was eventually lifted and no major damage was reported.
Recently two massive earthquakes struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island last week, triggering an Indian Ocean-wide tsunami alert and sending terrified people fleeing from the coast.With a magnitude of 8.6, the first of the two quakes which hit on Wednesday was the strongest since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed 170,000 in Indonesia's quake-prone Aceh province.But the tsunami watch on Wednesday was eventually lifted and no major damage was reported.
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