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demoleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-02-09 03:48 AM
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(Updated) Quake measuring at least 7.3 recorded near Indonesian island of Java
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Edited on Wed Sep-02-09 04:04 AM by demoleft
Source: reuters/france 24

Reuters - A powerful earthquake rattled Indonesia's main island on Wednesday, seismology agencies said, shaking buildings in the capital and prompting warnings of local tsunamis along the Java coast.



There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.



The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the quake with a magnitude of 7.4 at a depth of 63 km (39 miles).



Indonesia's seismology agency put the magnitude at 7.3 with the epicentre 142 km (88 miles) southwest of Tasikamalaya in West Java, the Indonesian agency said.


Read more: http://www.france24.com/en/20090902-earthquake-indonesia-java-tsunami-seismology-weather-asia



tsunami alert. the italian national institute of geophisics and vulcanology states magnitudo is 7.4
http://www.ingv.it/

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