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September 08, 2009

Aceh Rocked by 5.3 Earthquake

An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale Hit Aceh province at 10:39 hours on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries.

Mata Ie Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG), the spokesman said Syahnan epicenter of the earthquake was at 5.34 degrees northern latitude and 93.14 east longitude at a depth of 132 miles or 243 kilometers southeast of Banda Aceh.

BMG, said yesterday morning of the earthquake in Aceh was the first who was shot several times this month in the province last month in intensity up to 5 on the Richter scale, on average.

With more than 17,000 islands along the belt of volcanic and seismic activity known in the dissemination of "Ring of Fire", an archipelago of Indonesia earthquake-prone places on the planet.

On Monday at 11:12 pm, an earthquake measuring 6.8 struck the coast of Java, or centered 263 kilometers southeast of Yogyakarta at a depth of 35 km in the Indian Ocean.

As a result of the earthquake in Yogyakarta, registered in the III-IV on a scale of Mercalli, but no reports of major damage or panic among residents.

Back at 1:46 Monday afternoon, another earthquake measuring 5.4 in Richter scale rocked Bengkulu province and nearby regions.

Meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency (BMKG) said that the epicenter was at 6.51 south latitude and 101.78 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 25 km below sea level and is located approximately 261 kilometers south-west Bintuhan Kaur district, 280 km south-west Krui in West Lampung, 303 km south-west of Liwa in Lampung, and 307 kilometers southwest of Bengkulu.

Monday's earthquake in Bengkulu is located less than a week after a strong tectonic one of 7,3 on the richter scale, the districts of Tasikmalaya, Garut, Cianjur and Bandung in West Java hit on Wednesday, September 2, 2009.

Earthquake West Java, at 2.55 hours of time that people work in places such as Jakarta, Brebes and Semarang (Central Java) from their homes and office buildings in panic.

Earthquakes, more than 70 people were killed and hundreds injured.
Two aftershocks of 5.1 or 5.4 on the Richter scale and West Java, in the second half of the same day.

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