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An earthquake with magnitude of 5. 5 rocked eastern parts of Indonesia on Sunday with no report of damages or casualty, meteorology agency said in Jakarta.
The quake struck at 07:49 Jakarta time (0049 GMT) with epicenter at 199 kilometers northwest Saumlaki town of Maluku province and at 100 kilometers in depth, an official of the agency said.
Indonesia is laid at a vulnerable zone so called "the Pacific Ring of Fire" where two continental plates, stretching from the Western Hemisphere through Japan and Southeast Asia, meet that causes frequent volcanic movements. |
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