Antara News, Sunday, April 25, 2010 00:41 WIB
Ambon (ANTARA News) - A 6.4 maginitude quake shook Ambon and its sorrounding areas in Maluku at around 4.41pm on Saturday.
The quite strong quake caused people to flee in panic especially those staying in storied buildings but it had claimed no lives.
"We were just working on the second floor when it happened and we fled because the tremor was quite strong," John Soplanit, a local journalist, said.
The head of data and information of the local Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics, Irwan Slamet, said the quake was at a depth of 30 kilometers under the sea but it did not have the potential to cause a tsunami.
The epicenter was 29 kilometers southeast of Obi Island in the district of South Halmahera, North Maluku province.
This was not the first quake recorded so far. On March 14 2010 a 7.0 magnitude quake was recorded at southeast of Obi Island causing 39 houses damaged in Kelo and Sam villages in East Obi, he said.
He said the quake came from the subduction of Aurasia and Indoaustarlia plates in Seram waters. "Subduction often occurs in Maluku and therefore quakes also often happens there," he said.
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