Quake jolts Manado, Ternate

Quake jolts Manado, Ternate

JAKARTA: A strong earthquake shook Manado in North Sulawesi
and Ternate in North Maluku on Sunday morning, the Meteorology
and Geophysics Agency (BMG) said.

No damage nor injuries were reported in the 5.6-magnitude
quake. The epicenter of the tremor was detected in the ocean,
just over 180 kilometers east of Manado at a depth of 33
kilometers below sea level.

"The quake was quite strong and would have caused serious
damage if had been centered closer to an urban area," a BMG
official said.

Hundreds of quakes, mostly moderate one, have jolted Indonesia
in the past year. The strongest one, 9.3 on the Richter scale,
caused the tsunami that battered Aceh and Nias on Dec. 26,
claiming over 130,000 lives. -- Antara