Strong quake rocks Indonesia's Maluku, tsunami alert sounded

the Bear

30 Jan 08, 16:05

JAKARTA - A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake rocked the eastern Indonesian province of Maluku on Wednesday, prompting the issuing of a tsunami alert, the meteorology and geophysics office said here.

The earthquake, which struck at 4:32 pm (0732 GMT) was centred 300 kilometres (185 miles) northeast of the East Timorese capital Dili, some 23 kilometres under the floor of the Banda Sea, the office said in a statement.

"There is a tsunami potential," it said.

Ferret

30 Jan 08, 16:09

kramnave

30 Jan 08, 16:11

Nowadays most earthquakes in Indonesia comes with a Tsunami alert. Think those exposed very cham, every now and then need to chiong up the hill. Then again, for the sake of their lives, they have to make do.

Maith

30 Jan 08, 16:26

6.6 moderate la..possibility of having tsunamis quite little

New Creation

30 Jan 08, 17:34

very sad. More people will die in Indonesia again. Sad.

TIB1224Y

30 Jan 08, 18:44

Earthquake report from USGS:

== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==

***This event supersedes event AT00167837.

Region: KEPULAUAN BARAT DAYA, INDONESIA
Geographic coordinates: 7.373S, 127.699E
Magnitude: 6.2 Mw
Depth: 10 km
Universal Time (UTC): 30 Jan 2008 07:32:43
Time near the Epicenter: 30 Jan 2008 16:32:43
Local standard time in your area: 30 Jan 2008 15:32:43

Location with respect to nearby cities:
269 km (167 miles) ENE (60 degrees) of DILI, East Timor
410 km (255 miles) W (279 degrees) of Saumlaki, Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia
414 km (257 miles) S (187 degrees) of Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia

caleb_chiang

30 Jan 08, 18:51

Today?

the Bear

30 Jan 08, 19:42

yah..

go look up the CNA site..

i posted this when i saw it on the tv monitor in my office this afternoon...

New Creation

28 Feb 08, 00:31

Originally posted by the Bear:

yah..

go look up the CNA site..

i posted this when i saw it on the tv monitor in my office this afternoon...

condolences to the victims...