Indonesia, Australia rocked by powerful earthquake

[lovuian]

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JAKARTA (AFP) - A strong undersea earthquake measuring up to 7.5 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia and northern Australia but there were no reports of casualties or damage, officials said.


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They said the quake, centred in the Banda Sea, was unlikely to cause a tsunami like the one which devastated westernmost Aceh province in December.


"It is highly unlikely the quake could trigger a tsunami since its focus is located too deep under the sea. We have not received any reports of tsunami over the last two hours," said Suyanto of the meteorology and geophysics office in Jakarta.


An official of the Japanese meteorological agency added: "No tsunami can be expected of an earthquake which occurs 100 kilometers (62 miles) or more below
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Very active earthquake area!!!

[RedCloud]

1. meanwhile Bush slumbers away...

If he is that close to God, do something!

[bemildred]

2. That's very deep. Forty is deep, IIRC. I wonder what is up with that? nt

[Dcitizen]

3. PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER's bulletin

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/hmsg

[Desertrose]

4. There was a 4.6 in Arizona this morning!!!

we don't usually get quakes here...did some rattling of stuff on the walls...


http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/usvdat.htm