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2 earthquakes rock eastern Indonesia

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-05-29 16:40

JAKARTA -- Two earthquakes measuring over 5 on the Richter scale rocked two provinces in eastern Indonesia, respectively on Friday, the national news agency Antara reported.

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According to the meteorological and geophysics office's data, one earthquake hit Gorontalo province of Sulawesi at 2:33 am Western Indonesia Time (WIB) (1933 GMT, Thursday). The quake's epicenter was located at 0.21 degrees southern latitude, 122.80 degrees eastern longitude, and at a depth of 23 km, the report said.

The second one measuring 5.8 the Richter scale jolted Ambon of Maluku Island at 7:58 am (0058 GMT) Western Indonesian Time (WIB) . The quake's epicenter was located at 3.76 degrees southern latitude, 127.66 degrees eastern longitude, and at a depth of 10 km below sea level, around 57 km southwest of Ambon.