Tectonic earthquake measuring 5.3 Richter Scale in Saumlaki, the district capital of West Southeast Maluku (MTB) on Sunday (10/07/2011) morning at around 04:04 CEST, did not cause casualties were reported.
Geophysical Station Chief Benny Sipolo in Ambon Ambon, said the results of coordination over the District Government MTB, earthquake epicenter is at 7:59 of South Latitude - Longitude 128.71 East caused no casualties.
Tidal wave (tsunami) that is often disturbing the public is also not potentially happen. Earthquake at a depth of 121 KM under the sea is located at 293 km northwest of Saumlaki.
Benny said it intensively monitor the developments since Saumlaki including earthquake-prone areas in Maluku. "Almost every day of shocks with a capacity of 2-3 SR," he said.
Earlier, on Saturday, July 9th, 2011 at 14:51 CEST, Saumlaki also rocked by a magnitude 5.7 magnitude tectonic earthquake. Earthquake with epicenter 4:13 South Latitude - Longitude 129.38 East there were no casualties and the tsunami did not happen. Earthquake at a depth of 35 km under the sea is located at 146 km northwest of Saumlaki.
Maluku Province is one of the areas prone to earthquake and tsunami because it is located at the confluence of three of the Pacific plate, the Indo Australia and Eurasia.
Indo Australian Plate into the Eurasian, Pacific Plate meet, resulting in an irregular fracture. However, until now there has been no tsunami potential earthquake in the Moluccas.
Earthquakes that occurred in areas in Maluku most tremors, local namely shallow continuous. Its strength ranges from three to four Modifield Mercally Intensity (MMI)).
Earthquake-prone areas in Maluku in which areas the southeast, the island of Ambon, Seram and Buru. While the central fault of which are located in Ambon and Seram Sea West (SBB).
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