The Jakarta Post, 11/15/2006 11:39:52 AM
Strong quake hits deep under Banda Sea
BANGKOK (AP): A strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck deep under Indonesia's
Banda Sea on Tuesday, but was not expected to cause any damage or trigger a
tsunami.
"When they are really deep they are felt widely but don't cause any damage. This one
is over 300 kilometers (190 miles) deep," said John Bellini, a geophysicist at with the
U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center inGolden, Colorado.
He added there was no risk of a tsunami.The quake occurred at 11:20 p.m. local time
(1420 GMT) 300 kilometers south of Ambon, the provincial capital of Muluku province.
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