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| Southeast Asia |
| Earthquake shakes Indonesia's Sulawesi |
| 2006-06-05 |
| An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale has rocked the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the US Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre did not issue an alert. The tremor struck at 2:56am on Tuesday (local time) with its epicentre 24 kilometres north-east of Manado, a coastal city in northern Sulawesi, and at a depth of 16 kilometres. Indonesia is recovering from a powerful earthquake that struck Java island late last month killing nearly 5,800 people and leaving some 340,000 others homeless. Aid has been pouring into the disaster area to assist recovery from the quake, which also left 33,000 injured. Indonesia sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", where the meeting of continental plates causes frequent seismic activity. A geographical fault-line runs parallel to the Indonesian island of Sumatra and tectonic activities along it have repeatedly led to strong earthquakes. |
| Posted by:Oztralian |
| #1 Sulawesi and Sumatra... Send in Starbucks! Save the Beans! |
| Posted by: flyover 2006-06-05 19:52 |