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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 hit off the Pacific island nation of Fiji late Monday but it was too deep to generate a destructive tsunami, US geologists said. The quake struck at 10:44 pm (1044 GMT) at a depth of 585 kilometres (366 miles) with its epicentre 102 kilometres north of the capital Suva, the US Geological Survey said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii said the quake was too deep to trigger a destructive tsunami and no warnings were issued. Fiji sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" where continental plates meet, causing frequent seismic and volcanic activity. A ... Read Full Story
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Two people were killed and dozens injured after a strong quake with a magnitude of 6.7 rocked the Indonesian island of Sumbawa on Monday, officials and the state news agency Antara said. The two fatalities occurred when buildings collapsed, the agency said. Indonesia's health ministry crisis centre head Rustam Pakaya told press via text message: "Thirty-eight people were injured and sent to... hospitals," adding the situation was under control. The quake struck in the early hours with its epicentre about 16 kilometres (10 miles) from the town of Raba at a depth of 18 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said. Pakaya earlier said residents ... Read Full Story
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake has shaken Indonesia, the U.S. Geological Survey reported early on Monday morning, but there were no reports of damage or casualties initially. The USGS said the quake occurred 10 miles north-northwest of Raba, Sumbawa, Indonesia, at a depth of 11.4 miles at 3:41 a.m. local time (1941 GMT Sunday). There was no reported tsunami warning. An official from Indonesia's meteorology agency told Reuters there had been reports of panic in Mataram, the capital of Lombok, where a strong tremor was felt. "We haven't got any reports of damage or injuries. Communications are not cut," said Hardiatno from ... Read Full Story
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A strong quake with a magnitude of 6.7 and a relatively shallow depth hit the Indonesian island of Sumbawa on Monday, officials said, with initial reports saying some buildings were damaged. The quake struck in the early hours with its epicentre about 16 kilometres (10 miles) from the town of Raba and a depth of 18 kilometres, the United States Geological Survey said. The head of the Indonesian health ministry's crisis centre, Rustam Pakaya, said residents had felt "strong shaking". "We've received no reports of deaths but there are reports that walls of houses have collapsed and we are checking," he told AFP. There ... Read Full Story
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SUVA, Fiji, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A 6.8-magnitude earthquake rumbled near the island nation of Fiji Monday, but scientists said it was too deep to trigger a tsunami. The quake was about 67 miles from Suva, Fiji, and 1,380 miles from Auckland, New Zealand, at a depth of about 359 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. Officials told TVNZ the tremor was too deep to create a tsunami. Copyright 2009 by United Press International All Rights Reserved. Read Full Story
Beijing, Nov 9 : A strong earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale jolted the Fiji islands in the Pacific ocean Monday, the National Seismological Network of China said. The quake occurred at 6.44 p.m., and the epicentre was located at 17.1 ...  
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A strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake has shaken Indonesia, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported, but there were no initial reports of damage or casualties. The USGS said the quake occurred eight kil...  
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had been hit by respectively 7.6-magnitude and 7.3-magnitude quakes recently, which killed more than 100 people. Indonesia with over 230 million people sits on a quake-prone zone called the 'Pacific Ring of Fire,' where two continental plates meet that  
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Dozens of people have been injured in central Indonesia after a strong earthquake hit near the island of Sumbawa. The 6.7 magnitude quake struck on Monday morning, and according to the US Geological Survey, its epicentre was about  
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Washington/Jakarta, Nov 9 (DPA) An earthquake registering a magnitude of 6.7 on the Richter scale shook the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, the US Geological Survey reported early Monday. The epicentre was in the eastern part of the island, which lies about 1,300 km east of Jakarta. There was no tsunami warning nor immediate reports of damage or [...]  
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earlier reported two people were killed when buildings collapsed on the island, which is to the east of Bali and Lombok. There was no major tsunami threat from the quake, which occurred along the island's coast, said the US Pacific Tsunami Warning  
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SUVA—A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 hit off the Pacific island nation of Fiji late Monday but it was too deep to generate a destructive tsunami, US geologists said. The quake struck at 10:44 pm (1044 GMT) at a depth of 585 kilometers ...  
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JAKARTA, Nov 08, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- An earthquake measuring 6.7 magnitude on the Richter scale rocked eastern parts of Indonesia on Monday morning, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said here. The quake occurred at 2:41 a.m. Jakarta time ...  
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A 6.7 magnitude earthquake early Monday struck eastern Indonesia, killing at least two people and toppling several homes, local residents said. The town of Bima in West Nusa Tenggara province was hit hardest, the Jakarta Post reported. China's state ...  
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WASHINGTON, Nov 08, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 occurred in Sumbawa region some 1,335 km east of Jakarta, Indonesia, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said Sunday. According to the USGS, the quake occurred at about 3:41 ...  
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