An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted West Sumatra on Sunday at 4:31 pm local time, and was felt strongly in Pesaman area, according to Indonesian ANTARA News.
"The epicenter of the tremor which did not have potential to cause tsunami, was located 0.21 degree northern latitude and 100.08 degree eastern longitude, and at a depth of 10 km," Head of the Padang Panjang Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Office (BMKG) Rahmat Triyono said here, Sunday.
The quakes epicenter was located at 10 km southwest of Pasaman, 49 km southeast West Pasaman, and 133 km northwest of Padang.
Source: QNA
GMT 14:25 2018 Sunday ,28 October
Indonesia quake losses soar to 1.2 billion dollarsGMT 20:18 2017 Wednesday ,05 April
Magnitude 6.1 quake strikes near Mashhad in northeastern IranGMT 08:12 2017 Sunday ,26 February
6.9-magnitude quake hits 287 km S of Ndoi Island, FijiGMT 19:31 2017 Saturday ,11 February
Earthquake Hits TaiwanGMT 17:46 2017 Wednesday ,08 February
Third Earthquake Hits Turkey's Western Canakkale ProvinceMaintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©
Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©
Send your comments
Your comment as a visitor