Strong earthquake strikes near Indonesia’s Talaud Islands
May 7th, 2010 - 3:31 pm ICT by BNO NewsJAKARTA (BNO NEWS) — A strong but deep earthquake struck near Indonesia’s Talaud Islands on Friday afternoon, seismologists said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
The 6.0-magnitude earthquake was centered close to the Talaud Islands, part of the northern part of North Sulawesi province. It struck about 65 kilometers (40.3 miles) deep, making it an earthquake of an intermediate depth, according to the Badan meteorologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika (BMKG), the country’s seismological agency.
The United States Geological Survey measured the strength of the earthquake at 5.7 on the Richter scale.
The earthquake was not powerful enough to create a tsunami threat, and there were no immediate reports of casualties.
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