Bengkulu (ANTARA News) - Two moderate earthquakes respectively measuring 5.3 and 5.1 on the Richter scale shook Bengkulu Province, Sumatra, on Tuesday morning.
The epicenter of the first 5.3-magnitude earthquake, which hit at 3.56 am Western Indonesian Time (WIB), was located at 4.44 degrees southern latitude and 100.81 degrees eastern longitude, at a depth of 10 km, around 170 km southwest of Lais subdistrict, North Bengkulu District, Coordinator of the Bengkulu meteorological and geophysics office Adjat Sudrajat said here on Tuesday.
The second earthquake at 4.21 am WIB was located 4.29 degrees southern latitude and 101.16 degrees eastern longitude, at a depth of 40 km around 130 km southwest of Lais subdistrict, he said.
Bengkulu was devastated by a 7.9-magnitude earthquake on September 12, 2007, killing at least 15 people, seriously injuring 13, and slightly wounded 38 others.
Tens of thousands of houses, a number of offices, places of worship and school buildings were damaged in the earthquake, which inflicted material losses worth around Rp3 trillions.
In the aftermath of the September earthquake, Bengkulu has continued to be shaken by at least 66 aftershocks so far.
Indonesia sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" where the meeting of continental plates causes high volcanic and seismic activities.
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