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Big earthquake in Indonesia prompts a tsunami warning

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 26 August, 2008 : - - Jakarta - Indonesia issued a tsunami warning Tuesday after a powerful earthquake struck parts of the western tip of Java and southern Sumatra province of Lampung, seismologists said.

The quake, measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale, struck under the Indian Ocean at about 10:07 am (0307 GMT), occurred at a depth of 20 kilometres, Indonesia's National Meterology and Geophysics Agency said in a short message. The quake was located at about 125-kilometres north-west of Ujungkulon in the south-western tip of Java, about 630 kilometres south-west of Jakarta.

Indonesia's geological agency issued tsunami warnings. National TV stations broke into their programming to relay the alerts.

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 5.7
Date-Time Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 03:07:30 UTC
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 10:07:30 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
 
Location 6.372°S, 104.377°E
Depth 25 km (15.5 miles) set by location program
Region SUNDA STRAIT, INDONESIA
Distances 140 km (85 miles) SW of T.-Telukbetung, Sumatra, Indonesia
265 km (165 miles) W of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
280 km (175 miles) WNW of Sukabumi, Java, Indonesia
360 km (220 miles) W of Bandung, Java, Indonesia

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Source: USGS & TopNews.In

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