Antara News, Monday, October 25, 2010 22:34 WIB
Gorontalo (ANTARA News) - An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale rocked Gorontalo city in Sulawesi island on Monday night, prompting scores of panic-stricken residents to rush outdoors.
The epicenter of the quake which struck at 08.05 p.m. local time was in the sea about 189 km southeast of the capital of Gorontalo province at a depth of 10 km, Head of the Gorontalo Climatology and Geophysics Office Muhammad Makmur said.
The quake was not significant enough to trigger a tsunami so that there was no need for residents to panic, he said.
There was no immediate report of casualties or material damage caused by the quake which lasted for a few seconds.
Citra Lestari, a resident of Gorontalo city, said she strongly felt the quake which caused her to panic.
She said the temblor prompted scores of her neighbors to rush outdoors for fear of undesired happening.
However, they resumed their activities as usual after the condition returned to normal, she said. Gorontalo is one of Indonesia`s provinces prone to earthquakes.
Indonesia sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" where the meeting of continental plates causes high volcanic and seismic activity.
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