Fifth quake hits Indonesia in three days

[Heidi]

Source: CNN

Updated 7 minutes ago

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 struck Friday off the southwestern coast of Sumatra, the same area shaken by a major 8.4-magnitude temblor that killed nine people Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was "a very small possibility of a local tsunami" affecting coastal areas within about 100 km (62 miles) from the quake's epicenter.

The quake struck at 0601 GMT, 120 km (75 miles) west-southwest of Sumatra's Bengkulu province and 650 km (405 miles) west-northwest of Jakarta.

The Bureau of Meteorology and Geophysics agency reported the epicenter was located 10 km (6 miles) underwater 153 km (95 miles) west of Lais, Bengkulu.

(ETA: Link)


Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/14/indonesia.quake/index.html

[Xenotime]

1. This is so sad. What is our government doing to help them?

[rockedthevoteinMA]

2. Those poor people. n/t

[defendandprotect]

3. What has this government done to help anyone -- ???? Nothing!!!

Does anyone know if this area generally has a large number of earthquakes??

[maddezmom]

4. not sure about your first question but here is a good website with some data

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/historical_country.php#indonesia

on edit, another good website here:
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EKOI-7722BP?OpenDocument