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Moderate quake rocks eastern Indonesia

Moderate quake rocks eastern Indonesia
A moderate earthquake measuring 5. 2 on the Richter scale rocked eastern Indonesia of North Maluku province at 04:59 local time on Monday (1959 GMT on Sunday), the country's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said.

The tremor was centered at 147 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital city of Ternate and at depth of 5 kilometers under seabed.

The agency did not release a tsunami warning.

Editor: Chen Zhi

English.news.cn   2011-11-28 08:46:59 FeedbackPrintRSS
JAKARTA, Nov. 28 (Xinhua)

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