JAKARTA (Antara): The Meteorology and Geophysics Agency recorded a tectonic earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale in Labuha subdistrict, Halmahera Selatan district, North Maluku province, at 1.53 am on Sunday.
The agency said the epicentre of the tremor was located at 67 kilometers west of Labuha in the depth of 44.3 kilometers from sea surface at the coordinates of 0.88 south latitude and 126.91east longitude.
A bigger quake (6.6 on the Richter scale) also occurred in Labuha on Tuesday (Feb 20) afternoon damaging tens of houses and public facilities.
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