JAKARTA: A shallow 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck an island in eastern Indonesia on Monday (Oct 21), the United States Geological Survey said. The onshore quake hit the island of Tapat in the Molucca sea at a depth of 10km at 10.24am local time (3.24am GMT), USGS said.
People take part in an earthquake drill for disaster risk reduction in Surabaya on Oct 10, 2024. JAKARTA: A shallow 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck an island in eastern Indonesia on Monday , the United States Geological Survey said.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage on the island which has a population of around 50,000.The vast archipelago nation experiences frequent earthquakes due to its position on the Pacific"Ring of Fire", an arc of intense seismic activity where tectonic plates collide that stretches from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.
In 2018, a magnitude-7.5 quake and subsequent tsunami in Palu on Sulawesi killed more than 2,200 people.
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