Asia-Pacific

6.1-magnitude quake rocks Indonesia

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-05-06 16:14

JAKARTA - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted eastern parts of Indonesia on Friday, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency reported here.

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The quake struck at 13: 46 pm Jakarta time (0646 GMT) with the epicenter at 75 km Gorontalo of North Sulawesi and with at a depth of 35 km under sea bed, official of the agency Boko Nurdianto told Xinhua by phone.

The intensity of the quake was felt at 4 MMI (Modified Mercally Intensity) in Gorontalo and 3 MMI in Luwu of North Sulawesi, he said.

The US Geological Survey reported the earthquake at a magnitude of 5.8. The epicenter, with a depth of 85.90 km, was initially determined to be at 0.1328 degrees south latitude and 122.9065 degrees east longitude.